Get bash / execute output from Chef

foo.chef.rb

#!/opt/chefdk/bin/chef-apply

# Lifted pretty much verbatim from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17813592/how-can-i-display-the-output-of-a-opscode-chef-bash-command-in-my-console)
results = "/tmp/output.txt"
file results do
  action :delete
end

cmd = "ls  /"
bash cmd do
  code <<-EOH
  #{cmd} &> #{results}
  EOH
end

ruby_block "Results" do
  only_if { ::File.exists?(results) }
  block do
    print "\n"
    print File.read(results)
  end
end

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try your approach.