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MacRuby: using NSTask to execute `ls -l -a` and print the result.
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macruby_task.rb
framework "Cocoa"
task = NSTask.new
task.launchPath = "/bin/ls"
task.arguments = ["-l", "-a"]
stdoutPipe = NSPipe.pipe
task.standardOutput = stdoutPipe
task.launch
data = stdoutPipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile
puts NSString.alloc.initWithData data, :encoding => NSASCIIStringEncoding
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