beginner question

[Mikael Larsson]

Hi all
Is there any standard way to do or mimic this shell construction in ruby

someprog << STOP
file1.dat

file2.dat
30
STOP

Regards,
//Mike

 

[Robert Klemme]

Hi all
Is there any standard way to do or mimic this shell construction in ruby

someprog << STOP
file1.dat

file2.dat
30
STOP

Regards,
//Mike

From memory

popen("someprog") do |io|
io.print <<STOP
file1.dat

file2.dat
30
STOP
end

robert