Running a shell command from Ruby: capturing the output while displaying the output?

Question

I have a problem.

I want to run a ruby script from another ruby script and capture it\'s output information while letting it output to the screen too.

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Answer 1

io = IO.popen()
log = io.readlines
io.close

Now in log variable you have the output of executed command. Parse it, convert it, or do whatever you want.