Execute bash commands from a Rakefile
bash, rake, ruby
Solution
I think the way rake wants this to happen is with: http://rubydoc.info/gems/rake/FileUtils#sh-instance_method Example:
task :test do
sh "ls"
end
The built-in rake function sh takes care of the return value of the command (the task fails if the command has a return value other than 0) and in addition it also outputs the commands output.
Problem
I would like to execute a number of `bash` commands from a `Rakefile`. I have tried the following in my `Rakefile` ``` task :hello do %{echo "World!"} end ``` but upon executing `rake hello` there is no output? How do I execute bash commands from a Rakefile? NOTE:This is not a duplicate as it's specifically asking how to execute bash commands from a Rakefile.