Executing cmd command with variables in Ruby fails

Question

I'm writting Windows account report in Ruby. I have an array with usernames

users_local = [user1, user2, user3]

For every single user I want to execute a cmd command to get more information about every user

system "net user '#{users_local[0]}'"

and now I get

The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.

When I execute directly system 'user net user1' the command is executing correctly. Any ideas why executing command with variable fails?

steenslag · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-19 14:24:49Z

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Getting rid of the single quotes should do it:

system "net user #{users_local[0]}"

answered Dec 19, 2016 at 14:24

steenslag

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