# RoR Opening Command Prompt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169 "2010-05-25T22:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anon_comp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169/1 "2010-05-25T22:25:57Z")
Is there a code for Ruby on Rails to open Command Prompt, input a line, and execute it? If not, is there something similar or an alternative I can use? Thanks, anon\_comp ---
**Author:** ![anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anon_comp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169/2 "2010-05-25T22:43:31Z")
On May 25, 9:24 pm, anon\_comp [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there a code for Ruby on Rails to open Command Prompt, input a > line, and execute it? If not, is there something similar or an > alternative I can use? system, `` or IO.popen ? Fred ---
**Author:** ![anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anon_comp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169/3 "2010-05-25T23:06:21Z")
On May 25, 4:42 pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On May 25, 9:24 pm, anon\_comp [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Is there a code for Ruby on Rails to open Command Prompt, input a > > line, and execute it? If not, is there something similar or an > > alternative I can use? > > system, `` or IO.popen ? > > Fred I’ve tried IO.popen and couldn’t seem to get it to take in additional parameters (sorry, seemed to have forgotten that information) As for the other two, I have no idea how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anon_comp)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169/4 "2010-05-26T04:02:19Z")
anon\_comp wrote: > On May 25, 4:42�pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > On May 25, 9:24�pm, anon\_comp [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > Is there a code for Ruby on Rails to open Command Prompt, input a > > > line, and execute it? If not, is there something similar or an > > > alternative I can use? > > > > system, `` or IO.popen ? > > > > Fred > > I’ve tried IO.popen and couldn’t seem to get it to take in additional > parameters (sorry, seemed to have forgotten that information) Check its documentation. > As for > the other two, I have no idea how to use them. So read the docs and/or the Pickaxe Book! What’s the problem? ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anon_comp)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169/5 "2010-05-26T12:05:24Z")
You can use system system method in the kernel class of ruby for this purpose look at this link [http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M005971](http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M005971) Hope this helps you. -Saurav ---
**Author:** ![anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@anon\_comp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anon_comp)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-opening-command-prompt/189169/6 "2010-05-26T14:31:10Z")
Thanks everyone for the information. I got it to work 🙂