[ruby-talk:444198] Writing scripts in ruby

Hi everyone at the ruby talk I want to bring forward, the art of writing scripts. Did you ever write a unix script? ruby was invented to write scripts. We are still stuck with that %x

My scripts are about 50/50 bash and a ruby. Robin On Sun, 7 May 2023, 22:15 Eike Dierks via ruby-talk, < ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
Hi everyone at the ruby talk
I want to bring forward, the art of writing scripts. Did you ever write a unix script?
ruby was invented to write scripts. We are still stuck with that %x ______________________________________________ ruby-talk mailing list -- ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org To unsubscribe send an email to ruby-talk-leave@ml.ruby-lang.org ruby-talk info -- https://ml.ruby-lang.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/ruby-talk.ml.ruby-lang.org...

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:15 PM Eike Dierks via ruby-talk <ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
ruby was invented to write scripts. We are still stuck with that %x
I don't know what that is supposed to mean. -- Felipe Contreras

On May 7, 2023, at 15:35, Felipe Contreras via ruby-talk <ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:15 PM Eike Dierks via ruby-talk <ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
ruby was invented to write scripts. We are still stuck with that %x
I don't know what that is supposed to mean.
Alternative syntax for `cmd`

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 8:32 PM Ryan Davis via ruby-talk <ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
On May 7, 2023, at 15:35, Felipe Contreras via ruby-talk <ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:15 PM Eike Dierks via ruby-talk <ruby-talk@ml.ruby-lang.org> wrote:
ruby was invented to write scripts. We are still stuck with that %x
I don't know what that is supposed to mean.
Alternative syntax for `cmd`
I know what `%x[foo]` means. I don't know what Eike means. -- Felipe Contreras
participants (4)
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Eike Dierks
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Felipe Contreras
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Robin Wood
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Ryan Davis