Display terminal output on web browser?

Question

Here is my case:

I want to use a web browser to connect to a Rails application that runs this example code on the server side:

Dir.chdir path_typed_in_by_user
system "ls -la"

I want the output of "ls -la" to be displayed on the web browser.

Is this possible somehow?

Answer 1

try in a controller:

Dir.chdir path_typed_in_by_user
@out = system `ls -la` # !! look here !! " change `

in a view:

<%= @out %>

Answer 2

This links may help you run command line command into ruby ...

http://zhangxh.net/programming/ruby/6-ways-to-run-shell-commands-in-ruby/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2232/calling-bash-commands-from-ruby

http://blog.jayfields.com/2006/06/ruby-kernel-system-exec-and-x.html

%x[command].each do |f|
  value = f
end