How to execute a Ruby script in Terminal?
RubyTerminalRuby Problem Overview
I've set everything up that I need on my Mac (Ruby, Rails, Homebrew, Git, etc), and I've even written a small program. Now, how do I execute it in Terminal? I wrote the program in Redcar and saved it as a .rb, but I don't know how to execute it through Terminal. I want to run the program and see if it actually works. How do I do this?
Ruby Solutions
Solution 1 - Ruby
Just call: ruby your_program.rb
or
- start your program with
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
, - make your file executable by running
chmod +x your_program.rb
- and do
./your_program.rb some_param
Solution 2 - Ruby
Open your terminal and open folder where file is saved.
Ex /home/User1/program/test.rb
-
Open terminal
-
cd /home/User1/program
-
ruby test.rb
format or test.rb
class Test
def initialize
puts "I love India"
end
end
# initialize object
Test.new
output
I love India
Solution 3 - Ruby
Assuming ruby interpreter is in your PATH (it should be), you simply run
ruby your_file.rb
Solution 4 - Ruby
To call ruby file use : ruby your_program.rb
To execute your ruby file as script:
-
start your program with
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
run that script using
./your_program.rb param
-
If you are not able to execute this script check permissions for file.
Solution 5 - Ruby
Just invoke ruby XXXXX.rb
in terminal, if the interpreter is in your $PATH variable.
( this can hardly be a rails thing, until you have it running. )
Solution 6 - Ruby
For those not getting a solution for older answers, i simply put my file name as the very first line in my code.
like so
#ruby_file_name_here.rb
puts "hello world"
Solution 7 - Ruby
Although its too late to answer this question, but still for those guys who came here to see the solution of same problem just like me and didn't get a satisfactory answer on this page, The reason is that you don't have your file in the form of .rb extension. You most probably have it in simple text mode. Let me elaborate. Binding up the whole solution on the page, here you go (assuming you filename is abc.rb or at least you created abc):
Type in terminal window:
cd ~/to/the/program/location
ruby abc.rb
and you are done
If the following error occurs
ruby: No such file or directory -- abc.rb (LoadError)
Then go to the directory in which you have the abc file, rename it as abc.rb Close gedit and reopen the file abc.rb. Apply the same set of commands and success!
Solution 8 - Ruby
In case someone is trying to run a script in a RAILS environment, rails provide a runner to execute scripts in rails context via
rails runner my_script.rb
More details here: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#rails-runner
Solution 9 - Ruby
Open Terminal
cd to/the/program/location
ruby program.rb
or add #!/usr/bin/env ruby
in the first of your program (script tell that this is executed using Ruby Interpreter)
Open Terminal
cd to/the/program/location
chmod 777 program.rb
./program.rb