Execute

Popen-wrapper, which provides additional features

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'execute', git: 'https://github.com/lscheidler/ruby-execute'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Usage

execute echo command

status = Execute::execute ['echo', 'hello world']

# print output
puts status.stdout

execute echo command and print command

status = Execute::execute ['echo', 'hello world'], print_cmd: true

execute echo command and print output

status = Execute::execute ['echo', 'hello world'], print_lines: true

execute false command and throw exception, because exitstatus > 0

status = Execute::execute ['false'], throw_exception: true

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/lscheidler/ruby-execute.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.