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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) How Ruby Works Hello World!

Posted by ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points

Cant run hello.rb file. Anyone has some ideas.

Here is what im trying to run:

puts "Hello World!"

and here is what i get:

treehouse:~/workspace$ rupy hello.rb                                                                                                  
bash: rupy: command not found                                                                                                         
treehouse:~/workspace$ irp                                                                                                            
bash: irp: command not found                                                                                                          
treehouse:~/workspace$

4 Answers

Brandon McClelland
Brandon McClelland
4,645 Points
Brandon McClelland
Brandon McClelland
4,645 Points

You're using p instead of b for both of these: ruby and irb

Brandon McClelland
Brandon McClelland
4,645 Points
Brandon McClelland
Brandon McClelland
4,645 Points

You need to type ruby, not rupy.

ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points
ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points

okay then. Why isnt the irp command working.

rowend rowend
rowend rowend
2,926 Points
rowend rowend
rowend rowend
2,926 Points

Because the command irp does not exists. The command that works is irb.

ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points
ibrahim Warsame
ibrahim Warsame
7,803 Points

Thanks