To read arguments like this:
$ ./test.rb “test1 test2”
use code like this to iterate over the ARGV array and print out its contents.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
ARGV.each do|a|
puts “Argument: #{a}”
end
http://ruby.about.com/od/rubyfeatures/a/argv.htm
or see OptionParser. More here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4244611/pass-variables-to-ruby-script-via-command-line