running arbitrary system commands from Ruby, on OSX and Windows

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1151217

  •  18-09-2019
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Question

I would like to open OSX windows (and Windows windows) from a ruby script. If I do

system "touch /Users/apple/Documents/thekbase-temp-files/test5.txt"

it works (creates an empty file), but this

system "mate /Users/apple/Documents/thekbase-temp-files/test5.txt"

does not open TextMate, even though it does if I type it. I feel this might be a version of this question but I just want to be sure.

Thanks!

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Solution

Try 

system "open -a textmate /Users/apple/Documents/thekbase-temp-files/test5.txt"
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