Rails from Bash / Shell

active_record_bash_cli.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

begin
  puts "Loading Rails..."
  require File.join('.', 'config', 'application')
  require File.join('.', 'config', 'boot')
  Rails.application.require_environment!
rescue
  $stderr.puts "Please run #{$0} in your Rails root."
  exit 1
end

puts "Rails is ready."

puts "User.count: #{User.count}"