module Open3
Open3 grants you access to stdin, stdout, stderr and a thread to wait for the child process when running another program. You can specify various attributes, redirections, current directory, etc., of the program in the same way as for Process.spawn.
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#popen3 : pipes for stdin, stdout, stderr
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#popen2 : pipes for stdin, stdout
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#popen2e : pipes for stdin, merged stdout and stderr
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#capture3 : give a string for stdin; get strings for stdout, stderr
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#capture2 : give a string for stdin; get a string for stdout
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#capture2e : give a string for stdin; get a string for merged stdout and stderr
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#pipeline_rw : pipes for first stdin and last stdout of a pipeline
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#pipeline_r : pipe for last stdout of a pipeline
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#pipeline_w : pipe for first stdin of a pipeline
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#pipeline_start : run a pipeline without waiting
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#pipeline : run a pipeline and wait for its completion
Public Class Methods
#capture2 captures the standard output of a command.
stdout_str, status = Open3.capture2([env,] cmd... [, opts])
The arguments env, cmd and opts are passed to #popen3 except opts and opts. See Process.spawn.
If opts is specified, it is sent to the command's standard input.
If opts is true, internal pipes are set to binary mode.
Example:
# factor is a command for integer factorization. o, s = Open3.capture2("factor", :stdin_data=>"42") p o #=> "42: 2 3 7\n" # generate x**2 graph in png using gnuplot. gnuplot_commands = <<"End" set terminal png plot x**2, "-" with lines 1 14 2 1 3 8 4 5 e End image, s = Open3.capture2("gnuplot", :stdin_data=>gnuplot_commands, :binmode=>true)
# File lib/open3.rb, line 296 def capture2(*cmd, stdin_data: '', binmode: false, **opts) popen2(*cmd, opts) {|i, o, t| if binmode i.binmode o.binmode end out_reader = Thread.new { o.read } i.write stdin_data i.close [out_reader.value, t.value] } end
#capture2e captures the standard output and the standard error of a command.
stdout_and_stderr_str, status = Open3.capture2e([env,] cmd... [, opts])
The arguments env, cmd and opts are passed to #popen3 except opts and opts. See Process.spawn.
If opts is specified, it is sent to the command's standard input.
If opts is true, internal pipes are set to binary mode.
Example:
# capture make log make_log, s = Open3.capture2e("make")
# File lib/open3.rb, line 326 def capture2e(*cmd, stdin_data: '', binmode: false, **opts) popen2e(*cmd, opts) {|i, oe, t| if binmode i.binmode oe.binmode end outerr_reader = Thread.new { oe.read } i.write stdin_data i.close [outerr_reader.value, t.value] } end
#capture3 captures the standard output and the standard error of a command.
stdout_str, stderr_str, status = Open3.capture3([env,] cmd... [, opts])
The arguments env, cmd and opts are passed to #popen3 except opts and opts. See Process.spawn.
If opts is specified, it is sent to the command's standard input.
If opts is true, internal pipes are set to binary mode.
Examples:
# dot is a command of graphviz. graph = <<'End' digraph g { a -> b } End drawn_graph, dot_log = Open3.capture3("dot -v", :stdin_data=>graph) o, e, s = Open3.capture3("echo abc; sort >&2", :stdin_data=>"foo\nbar\nbaz\n") p o #=> "abc\n" p e #=> "bar\nbaz\nfoo\n" p s #=> #<Process::Status: pid 32682 exit 0> # generate a thumbnail image using the convert command of ImageMagick. # However, if the image is really stored in a file, # system("convert", "-thumbnail", "80", "png:#{filename}", "png:-") is better # because of reduced memory consumption. # But if the image is stored in a DB or generated by the gnuplot Open3.capture2 example, # Open3.capture3 should be considered. # image = File.read("/usr/share/openclipart/png/animals/mammals/sheep-md-v0.1.png", :binmode=>true) thumbnail, err, s = Open3.capture3("convert -thumbnail 80 png:- png:-", :stdin_data=>image, :binmode=>true) if s.success? STDOUT.binmode; print thumbnail end
# File lib/open3.rb, line 251 def capture3(*cmd, stdin_data: '', binmode: false, **opts) popen3(*cmd, opts) {|i, o, e, t| if binmode i.binmode o.binmode e.binmode end out_reader = Thread.new { o.read } err_reader = Thread.new { e.read } i.write stdin_data i.close [out_reader.value, err_reader.value, t.value] } end
#pipeline starts a list of commands as a pipeline. It waits for the completion of the commands. No pipes are created for stdin of the first command and stdout of the last command.
status_list = Open3.pipeline(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts])
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as Process.spawn.
Example:
fname = "/usr/share/man/man1/ruby.1.gz" p Open3.pipeline(["zcat", fname], "nroff -man", "less") #=> [#<Process::Status: pid 11817 exit 0>, # #<Process::Status: pid 11820 exit 0>, # #<Process::Status: pid 11828 exit 0>] fname = "/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz" Open3.pipeline(["zcat", fname], "nroff -man", "colcrt") # convert PDF to PS and send to a printer by lpr pdf_file = "paper.pdf" printer = "printer-name" Open3.pipeline(["pdftops", pdf_file, "-"], ["lpr", "-P#{printer}"]) # count lines Open3.pipeline("sort", "uniq -c", :in=>"names.txt", :out=>"count") # cyclic pipeline r,w = IO.pipe w.print "ibase=14\n10\n" Open3.pipeline("bc", "tee /dev/tty", :in=>r, :out=>w) #=> 14 # 18 # 22 # 30 # 42 # 58 # 78 # 106 # 202
# File lib/open3.rb, line 583 def pipeline(*cmds, **opts) pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [], []) {|ts| ts.map {|t| t.value } } end
#pipeline_r starts a list of commands as a pipeline with a pipe which connects to stdout of the last command.
Open3.pipeline_r(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|last_stdout, wait_threads| ... } last_stdout, wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_r(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ... last_stdout.close
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
Example:
Open3.pipeline_r("zcat /var/log/apache2/access.log.*.gz", [{"LANG"=>"C"}, "grep", "GET /favicon.ico"], "logresolve") {|o, ts| o.each_line {|line| ... } } Open3.pipeline_r("yes", "head -10") {|o, ts| p o.read #=> "y\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\n" p ts[0].value #=> #<Process::Status: pid 24910 SIGPIPE (signal 13)> p ts[1].value #=> #<Process::Status: pid 24913 exit 0> }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 432 def pipeline_r(*cmds, **opts, &block) out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [out_w], [out_r], &block) end
#pipeline_rw starts a list of commands as a pipeline with pipes which connect to stdin of the first command and stdout of the last command.
Open3.pipeline_rw(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|first_stdin, last_stdout, wait_threads| ... } first_stdin, last_stdout, wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_rw(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ... first_stdin.close last_stdout.close
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
The options to pass to Process.spawn are constructed by
merging opts
, the last hash element of the array, and
specifications for the pipes between each of the commands.
Example:
Open3.pipeline_rw("tr -dc A-Za-z", "wc -c") {|i, o, ts| i.puts "All persons more than a mile high to leave the court." i.close p o.gets #=> "42\n" } Open3.pipeline_rw("sort", "cat -n") {|stdin, stdout, wait_thrs| stdin.puts "foo" stdin.puts "bar" stdin.puts "baz" stdin.close # send EOF to sort. p stdout.read #=> " 1\tbar\n 2\tbaz\n 3\tfoo\n" }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 382 def pipeline_rw(*cmds, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [in_r, out_w], [in_w, out_r], &block) end
#pipeline_start starts a list of commands as a pipeline. No pipes are created for stdin of the first command and stdout of the last command.
Open3.pipeline_start(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|wait_threads| ... } wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_start(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ...
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
Example:
# Run xeyes in 10 seconds. Open3.pipeline_start("xeyes") {|ts| sleep 10 t = ts[0] Process.kill("TERM", t.pid) p t.value #=> #<Process::Status: pid 911 SIGTERM (signal 15)> } # Convert pdf to ps and send it to a printer. # Collect error message of pdftops and lpr. pdf_file = "paper.pdf" printer = "printer-name" err_r, err_w = IO.pipe Open3.pipeline_start(["pdftops", pdf_file, "-"], ["lpr", "-P#{printer}"], :err=>err_w) {|ts| err_w.close p err_r.read # error messages of pdftops and lpr. }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 521 def pipeline_start(*cmds, **opts, &block) if block pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [], [], &block) else ts, = pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [], []) ts end end
#pipeline_w starts a list of commands as a pipeline with a pipe which connects to stdin of the first command.
Open3.pipeline_w(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|first_stdin, wait_threads| ... } first_stdin, wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_w(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ... first_stdin.close
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
Example:
Open3.pipeline_w("bzip2 -c", :out=>"/tmp/hello.bz2") {|i, ts| i.puts "hello" }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 468 def pipeline_w(*cmds, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [in_r], [in_w], &block) end
#popen2 is similar to #popen3 except that it doesn't create a pipe for the standard error stream.
Block form:
Open3.popen2([env,] cmd... [, opts]) {|stdin, stdout, wait_thr| pid = wait_thr.pid # pid of the started process. ... exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned. }
Non-block form:
stdin, stdout, wait_thr = Open3.popen2([env,] cmd... [, opts]) ... stdin.close # stdin and stdout should be closed explicitly in this form. stdout.close
See Process.spawn for the optional hash arguments env and opts.
Example:
Open3.popen2("wc -c") {|i,o,t| i.print "answer to life the universe and everything" i.close p o.gets #=> "42\n" } Open3.popen2("bc -q") {|i,o,t| i.puts "obase=13" i.puts "6 * 9" p o.gets #=> "42\n" } Open3.popen2("dc") {|i,o,t| i.print "42P" i.close p o.read #=> "*" }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 137 def popen2(*cmd, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w popen_run(cmd, opts, [in_r, out_w], [in_w, out_r], &block) end
#popen2e is similar to #popen3 except that it merges the standard output stream and the standard error stream.
Block form:
Open3.popen2e([env,] cmd... [, opts]) {|stdin, stdout_and_stderr, wait_thr| pid = wait_thr.pid # pid of the started process. ... exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned. }
Non-block form:
stdin, stdout_and_stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen2e([env,] cmd... [, opts]) ... stdin.close # stdin and stdout_and_stderr should be closed explicitly in this form. stdout_and_stderr.close
See Process.spawn for the optional hash arguments env and opts.
Example:
# check gcc warnings source = "foo.c" Open3.popen2e("gcc", "-Wall", source) {|i,oe,t| oe.each {|line| if /warning/ =~ line ... end } }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 180 def popen2e(*cmd, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[[:out, :err]] = out_w popen_run(cmd, opts, [in_r, out_w], [in_w, out_r], &block) end
Open stdin, stdout, and stderr streams and start external executable. In addition, a thread to wait for the started process is created. The thread has a pid method and a thread variable :pid which is the pid of the started process.
Block form:
Open3.popen3([env,] cmd... [, opts]) {|stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr| pid = wait_thr.pid # pid of the started process. ... exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned. }
Non-block form:
stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen3([env,] cmd... [, opts]) pid = wait_thr[:pid] # pid of the started process ... stdin.close # stdin, stdout and stderr should be closed explicitly in this form. stdout.close stderr.close exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned.
The parameters env, cmd, and opts are passed to Process.spawn. A commandline string and a list of argument strings can be accepted as follows:
Open3.popen3("echo abc") {|i, o, e, t| ... } Open3.popen3("echo", "abc") {|i, o, e, t| ... } Open3.popen3(["echo", "argv0"], "abc") {|i, o, e, t| ... }
If the last parameter, opts, is a Hash, it is recognized as an option for Process.spawn.
Open3.popen3("pwd", :chdir=>"/") {|i,o,e,t| p o.read.chomp #=> "/" }
wait_thr.value waits for the termination of the process. The block form also waits for the process when it returns.
Closing stdin, stdout and stderr does not wait for the process to complete.
You should be careful to avoid deadlocks. Since pipes are fixed length buffers, #popen3(“prog”) {|i, o, e, t| o.read } deadlocks if the program generates too much output on stderr. You should read stdout and stderr simultaneously (using threads or IO.select). However, if you don't need stderr output, you can use #popen2. If merged stdout and stderr output is not a problem, you can use #popen2e. If you really need stdout and stderr output as separate strings, you can consider #capture3.
# File lib/open3.rb, line 82 def popen3(*cmd, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w err_r, err_w = IO.pipe opts[:err] = err_w popen_run(cmd, opts, [in_r, out_w, err_w], [in_w, out_r, err_r], &block) end
Private Instance Methods
#capture2 captures the standard output of a command.
stdout_str, status = Open3.capture2([env,] cmd... [, opts])
The arguments env, cmd and opts are passed to #popen3 except opts and opts. See Process.spawn.
If opts is specified, it is sent to the command's standard input.
If opts is true, internal pipes are set to binary mode.
Example:
# factor is a command for integer factorization. o, s = Open3.capture2("factor", :stdin_data=>"42") p o #=> "42: 2 3 7\n" # generate x**2 graph in png using gnuplot. gnuplot_commands = <<"End" set terminal png plot x**2, "-" with lines 1 14 2 1 3 8 4 5 e End image, s = Open3.capture2("gnuplot", :stdin_data=>gnuplot_commands, :binmode=>true)
# File lib/open3.rb, line 296 def capture2(*cmd, stdin_data: '', binmode: false, **opts) popen2(*cmd, opts) {|i, o, t| if binmode i.binmode o.binmode end out_reader = Thread.new { o.read } i.write stdin_data i.close [out_reader.value, t.value] } end
#capture2e captures the standard output and the standard error of a command.
stdout_and_stderr_str, status = Open3.capture2e([env,] cmd... [, opts])
The arguments env, cmd and opts are passed to #popen3 except opts and opts. See Process.spawn.
If opts is specified, it is sent to the command's standard input.
If opts is true, internal pipes are set to binary mode.
Example:
# capture make log make_log, s = Open3.capture2e("make")
# File lib/open3.rb, line 326 def capture2e(*cmd, stdin_data: '', binmode: false, **opts) popen2e(*cmd, opts) {|i, oe, t| if binmode i.binmode oe.binmode end outerr_reader = Thread.new { oe.read } i.write stdin_data i.close [outerr_reader.value, t.value] } end
#capture3 captures the standard output and the standard error of a command.
stdout_str, stderr_str, status = Open3.capture3([env,] cmd... [, opts])
The arguments env, cmd and opts are passed to #popen3 except opts and opts. See Process.spawn.
If opts is specified, it is sent to the command's standard input.
If opts is true, internal pipes are set to binary mode.
Examples:
# dot is a command of graphviz. graph = <<'End' digraph g { a -> b } End drawn_graph, dot_log = Open3.capture3("dot -v", :stdin_data=>graph) o, e, s = Open3.capture3("echo abc; sort >&2", :stdin_data=>"foo\nbar\nbaz\n") p o #=> "abc\n" p e #=> "bar\nbaz\nfoo\n" p s #=> #<Process::Status: pid 32682 exit 0> # generate a thumbnail image using the convert command of ImageMagick. # However, if the image is really stored in a file, # system("convert", "-thumbnail", "80", "png:#{filename}", "png:-") is better # because of reduced memory consumption. # But if the image is stored in a DB or generated by the gnuplot Open3.capture2 example, # Open3.capture3 should be considered. # image = File.read("/usr/share/openclipart/png/animals/mammals/sheep-md-v0.1.png", :binmode=>true) thumbnail, err, s = Open3.capture3("convert -thumbnail 80 png:- png:-", :stdin_data=>image, :binmode=>true) if s.success? STDOUT.binmode; print thumbnail end
# File lib/open3.rb, line 251 def capture3(*cmd, stdin_data: '', binmode: false, **opts) popen3(*cmd, opts) {|i, o, e, t| if binmode i.binmode o.binmode e.binmode end out_reader = Thread.new { o.read } err_reader = Thread.new { e.read } i.write stdin_data i.close [out_reader.value, err_reader.value, t.value] } end
#pipeline starts a list of commands as a pipeline. It waits for the completion of the commands. No pipes are created for stdin of the first command and stdout of the last command.
status_list = Open3.pipeline(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts])
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as Process.spawn.
Example:
fname = "/usr/share/man/man1/ruby.1.gz" p Open3.pipeline(["zcat", fname], "nroff -man", "less") #=> [#<Process::Status: pid 11817 exit 0>, # #<Process::Status: pid 11820 exit 0>, # #<Process::Status: pid 11828 exit 0>] fname = "/usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz" Open3.pipeline(["zcat", fname], "nroff -man", "colcrt") # convert PDF to PS and send to a printer by lpr pdf_file = "paper.pdf" printer = "printer-name" Open3.pipeline(["pdftops", pdf_file, "-"], ["lpr", "-P#{printer}"]) # count lines Open3.pipeline("sort", "uniq -c", :in=>"names.txt", :out=>"count") # cyclic pipeline r,w = IO.pipe w.print "ibase=14\n10\n" Open3.pipeline("bc", "tee /dev/tty", :in=>r, :out=>w) #=> 14 # 18 # 22 # 30 # 42 # 58 # 78 # 106 # 202
# File lib/open3.rb, line 583 def pipeline(*cmds, **opts) pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [], []) {|ts| ts.map {|t| t.value } } end
#pipeline_r starts a list of commands as a pipeline with a pipe which connects to stdout of the last command.
Open3.pipeline_r(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|last_stdout, wait_threads| ... } last_stdout, wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_r(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ... last_stdout.close
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
Example:
Open3.pipeline_r("zcat /var/log/apache2/access.log.*.gz", [{"LANG"=>"C"}, "grep", "GET /favicon.ico"], "logresolve") {|o, ts| o.each_line {|line| ... } } Open3.pipeline_r("yes", "head -10") {|o, ts| p o.read #=> "y\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\n" p ts[0].value #=> #<Process::Status: pid 24910 SIGPIPE (signal 13)> p ts[1].value #=> #<Process::Status: pid 24913 exit 0> }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 432 def pipeline_r(*cmds, **opts, &block) out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [out_w], [out_r], &block) end
#pipeline_rw starts a list of commands as a pipeline with pipes which connect to stdin of the first command and stdout of the last command.
Open3.pipeline_rw(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|first_stdin, last_stdout, wait_threads| ... } first_stdin, last_stdout, wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_rw(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ... first_stdin.close last_stdout.close
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
The options to pass to Process.spawn are constructed by
merging opts
, the last hash element of the array, and
specifications for the pipes between each of the commands.
Example:
Open3.pipeline_rw("tr -dc A-Za-z", "wc -c") {|i, o, ts| i.puts "All persons more than a mile high to leave the court." i.close p o.gets #=> "42\n" } Open3.pipeline_rw("sort", "cat -n") {|stdin, stdout, wait_thrs| stdin.puts "foo" stdin.puts "bar" stdin.puts "baz" stdin.close # send EOF to sort. p stdout.read #=> " 1\tbar\n 2\tbaz\n 3\tfoo\n" }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 382 def pipeline_rw(*cmds, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [in_r, out_w], [in_w, out_r], &block) end
#pipeline_start starts a list of commands as a pipeline. No pipes are created for stdin of the first command and stdout of the last command.
Open3.pipeline_start(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|wait_threads| ... } wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_start(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ...
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
Example:
# Run xeyes in 10 seconds. Open3.pipeline_start("xeyes") {|ts| sleep 10 t = ts[0] Process.kill("TERM", t.pid) p t.value #=> #<Process::Status: pid 911 SIGTERM (signal 15)> } # Convert pdf to ps and send it to a printer. # Collect error message of pdftops and lpr. pdf_file = "paper.pdf" printer = "printer-name" err_r, err_w = IO.pipe Open3.pipeline_start(["pdftops", pdf_file, "-"], ["lpr", "-P#{printer}"], :err=>err_w) {|ts| err_w.close p err_r.read # error messages of pdftops and lpr. }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 521 def pipeline_start(*cmds, **opts, &block) if block pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [], [], &block) else ts, = pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [], []) ts end end
#pipeline_w starts a list of commands as a pipeline with a pipe which connects to stdin of the first command.
Open3.pipeline_w(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) {|first_stdin, wait_threads| ... } first_stdin, wait_threads = Open3.pipeline_w(cmd1, cmd2, ... [, opts]) ... first_stdin.close
Each cmd is a string or an array. If it is an array, the elements are passed to Process.spawn.
cmd: commandline command line string which is passed to a shell [env, commandline, opts] command line string which is passed to a shell [env, cmdname, arg1, ..., opts] command name and one or more arguments (no shell) [env, [cmdname, argv0], arg1, ..., opts] command name and arguments including argv[0] (no shell) Note that env and opts are optional, as for Process.spawn.
Example:
Open3.pipeline_w("bzip2 -c", :out=>"/tmp/hello.bz2") {|i, ts| i.puts "hello" }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 468 def pipeline_w(*cmds, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true pipeline_run(cmds, opts, [in_r], [in_w], &block) end
#popen2 is similar to #popen3 except that it doesn't create a pipe for the standard error stream.
Block form:
Open3.popen2([env,] cmd... [, opts]) {|stdin, stdout, wait_thr| pid = wait_thr.pid # pid of the started process. ... exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned. }
Non-block form:
stdin, stdout, wait_thr = Open3.popen2([env,] cmd... [, opts]) ... stdin.close # stdin and stdout should be closed explicitly in this form. stdout.close
See Process.spawn for the optional hash arguments env and opts.
Example:
Open3.popen2("wc -c") {|i,o,t| i.print "answer to life the universe and everything" i.close p o.gets #=> "42\n" } Open3.popen2("bc -q") {|i,o,t| i.puts "obase=13" i.puts "6 * 9" p o.gets #=> "42\n" } Open3.popen2("dc") {|i,o,t| i.print "42P" i.close p o.read #=> "*" }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 137 def popen2(*cmd, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w popen_run(cmd, opts, [in_r, out_w], [in_w, out_r], &block) end
#popen2e is similar to #popen3 except that it merges the standard output stream and the standard error stream.
Block form:
Open3.popen2e([env,] cmd... [, opts]) {|stdin, stdout_and_stderr, wait_thr| pid = wait_thr.pid # pid of the started process. ... exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned. }
Non-block form:
stdin, stdout_and_stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen2e([env,] cmd... [, opts]) ... stdin.close # stdin and stdout_and_stderr should be closed explicitly in this form. stdout_and_stderr.close
See Process.spawn for the optional hash arguments env and opts.
Example:
# check gcc warnings source = "foo.c" Open3.popen2e("gcc", "-Wall", source) {|i,oe,t| oe.each {|line| if /warning/ =~ line ... end } }
# File lib/open3.rb, line 180 def popen2e(*cmd, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[[:out, :err]] = out_w popen_run(cmd, opts, [in_r, out_w], [in_w, out_r], &block) end
Open stdin, stdout, and stderr streams and start external executable. In addition, a thread to wait for the started process is created. The thread has a pid method and a thread variable :pid which is the pid of the started process.
Block form:
Open3.popen3([env,] cmd... [, opts]) {|stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr| pid = wait_thr.pid # pid of the started process. ... exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned. }
Non-block form:
stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr = Open3.popen3([env,] cmd... [, opts]) pid = wait_thr[:pid] # pid of the started process ... stdin.close # stdin, stdout and stderr should be closed explicitly in this form. stdout.close stderr.close exit_status = wait_thr.value # Process::Status object returned.
The parameters env, cmd, and opts are passed to Process.spawn. A commandline string and a list of argument strings can be accepted as follows:
Open3.popen3("echo abc") {|i, o, e, t| ... } Open3.popen3("echo", "abc") {|i, o, e, t| ... } Open3.popen3(["echo", "argv0"], "abc") {|i, o, e, t| ... }
If the last parameter, opts, is a Hash, it is recognized as an option for Process.spawn.
Open3.popen3("pwd", :chdir=>"/") {|i,o,e,t| p o.read.chomp #=> "/" }
wait_thr.value waits for the termination of the process. The block form also waits for the process when it returns.
Closing stdin, stdout and stderr does not wait for the process to complete.
You should be careful to avoid deadlocks. Since pipes are fixed length buffers, #popen3(“prog”) {|i, o, e, t| o.read } deadlocks if the program generates too much output on stderr. You should read stdout and stderr simultaneously (using threads or IO.select). However, if you don't need stderr output, you can use #popen2. If merged stdout and stderr output is not a problem, you can use #popen2e. If you really need stdout and stderr output as separate strings, you can consider #capture3.
# File lib/open3.rb, line 82 def popen3(*cmd, **opts, &block) in_r, in_w = IO.pipe opts[:in] = in_r in_w.sync = true out_r, out_w = IO.pipe opts[:out] = out_w err_r, err_w = IO.pipe opts[:err] = err_w popen_run(cmd, opts, [in_r, out_w, err_w], [in_w, out_r, err_r], &block) end