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I have to execute a shell command from Ruby script but I have to retrieve the output so that I can use it in the script later on.
Here is my code:
output = system "heroku create" # => true
But the system command returns a boolean and not the output.
Simply said, system “heroku create” has to output to my screen (which it does) but also return the output so I can process it.
You could use
See: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html