Simple::Spawn

Simple processes spawner that makes scripting UNIX pipes a breeze.

Most of it was inspired by https://github.com/jstorimer/shirt Thx! :)

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'simple-spawn'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install simple-spawn

Usage

It only requires a valid shell command as a string.

spawn('cat ./stars.txt | grep charlie | sed s/winning/bi-winning/')

Simple::Spawn as a Mixin

The Simple::Spawn module can also be mixed in to classes and modules to include the spawn method in that namespace:

require simple/spawn

class YourScriptClass
  include Simple::Spawn

  def replace(what, with)
    spawn("cat ./stars.txt | grep charlie | sed s/#{what}/#{with}/")
  end
end

Supported Ruby Versions

This library aims to support and is tested against the following Ruby implementations:

• Ruby 1.9.2
• Ruby 1.9.3

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Copyright (c) by Jose Pablo Barrantes

See the COPYING file for more information on license and redistribution.