# Getting parameters from command prompt

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-parameters-from-command-prompt/138114>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-parameters-from-command-prompt/138114 "2008-05-20T10:30:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-parameters-from-command-prompt/138114/1 "2008-05-20T10:30:44Z")

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I want to run a ruby script.rb from command prompt with different  
parameters.  
Something like…

script.rb pserver

how can I get ‘pserver’ in script?  
like in Python I can use sys.argv[1]

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**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-parameters-from-command-prompt/138114/2 "2008-05-20T10:37:13Z")

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From: Vapor … [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)]

# I want to run a ruby script.rb from command prompt with different

# parameters.

# Something like…

# script.rb pserver

# how can I get ‘pserver’ in script?

# like in Python I can use sys.argv[1]

fr array ARGV  
eg, first param is ARGV[0] or ARGV.first

kind regards -botp