How to set a shell variable in ruby script?

Question

Hi this is my following code. I need to get the value through shell script which is assigned in ruby script.

#!/bin/bash

ruby <<EOM
    system <<-CMD
        export VARNAME=123
    CMD
EOM
echo "------"
echo ${VARNAME}

it is printing output as

------

Any Help?

Jörg W Mittag · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 14:07:02Z

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You can't. A child process inherits its parent's environment, but cannot modify it.

answered May 23, 2017 at 14:07

Jörg W Mittag

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