Execute scripts from my Rails app

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I have the following problem, I have to build a rails app which executes some script on my server machine and retrieves the output showing it to the user....I thought so, I create in my root app directory a directory called 'script' and I insert all my scripts, now how can I execute them and retrieve the output? Thank you

P.S. Which linguage my scripts have to be written in to be executed?

possible duplicate of [Calling Bash Commands From Ruby](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2232/calling-bash-commands-from-ruby) — zwippie, Sep 23 '13 at 08:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '13 at 08:15

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Use back quotes ` like this:

@script_output = `my_script_path`

Ruby starts a new process, executes the script and returns the output

answered Sep 23 '13 at 08:15

Rajesh Kolappakam

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But do I have to put my scripts in a particular folder or just any is ok? – zer0uno Sep 23 '13 at 08:20
anywhere is ok, the 'my_script_path` is the full path of the script to be executed for example `bin\scripts\maintenance\create_backup.sh` – Rajesh Kolappakam Sep 23 '13 at 08:40

Execute scripts from my Rails app

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