silviorelli

# Rails.root/config.ru
require "./config/environment"
run ActionController::Dispatcher.new

alexyoung

namespace :tags do
  task :generate do
    puts 'Generating tags...'
    require 'rubygems'
    require 'jekyll'
    include Jekyll::Filters

    options = Jekyll.configuration({})
    site = Jekyll::Site.new(options)
    site.read_posts('')

denis

cd /tmp
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
cd git
git checkout v`git --version | awk '{print $3}'`
cp contrib/completion/git-completion.bash ~/.git-completion.bash
cd ~
rm -rf /tmp/git
echo -e "source ~/.git-completion.bash" >> .profile

JosephPecoraro

# Ways to execute a shell script in Ruby
# Example Script - Joseph Pecoraro

cmd = "echo 'hi'" # Sample string that can be used

# 1. Kernel#` - commonly called backticks - `cmd` 
# This is like many other languages, including bash, PHP, and Perl
#   Synchronous (blocking)
#   Returns the output of the shell command
#   Docs: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M001111