On Nov 20, 8:06 am, Vamsi Krishna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i need to grep a word count from a text file and i want to display the
> count.
> i need all the above in a rake file , i tried it by using
>
> today_count= system("grep -R 'time' oct_10.txt | grep -R 'hi' | wc
> -l")
> puts "today count is :#{today_count}"
>
> but today_count returns 'true' instead of count.
>
> plz reply ASAP.
>
> Thanks..
> --vamsi.
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Try backticks instead:
output = `grep -R 'time' oct_10.txt | grep -R 'hi' | wc`
backticks will return whatever went to stdout.
For system(), rtfm: http://ruby-doc.org/core/
Jeff
p.s. Please don't say "reply ASAP" when posting. Everyone here is
donating their free time and energy already. :-)
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