Ruby WMI but that is not the problem 1

[timgerr]

Hey I am new to ruby and I do Windows administration. I have been playing with wmi and ruby, having a problem. This is not a problem with th wmi part but when I use get. I am asking for a computer name and then putting that information into the script. This does not work

require 'win32ole'

puts "what is the computer name that you want to use??? "
cpuName = gets
cpuName.chomp

mgmt = WIN32OLE.connect("winmgmts:\\\\#{cpuName}")
mgmt.InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem") .each{ |item| puts item.name + "\n" + item.Manufacturer + " - " + item.Model}
mgmt.InstancesOf("Win32_SystemEnclosure").each{ |dev| puts dev.SerialNumber}

This does

require 'win32ole'

cpuName = 'aname'

mgmt = WIN32OLE.connect("winmgmts:\\\\#{cpuName}")
mgmt.InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem") .each{ |item| puts item.name + "\n" + item.Manufacturer + " - " + item.Model}
mgmt.InstancesOf("Win32_SystemEnclosure").each{ |dev| puts dev.SerialNumber}

Can someone shed some light on this???

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[AnimusTek]

Try:

puts "what is the computer name that you want to use??? "
cpuName = gets
cpuName.chomp!

Or:

puts "what is the computer name that you want to use??? "
cpu = gets
cpuName = cpu.chomp

The .chomp method returns the chomped bit, but it has to be assigned to a variable to be used. .chomp! will return the original variable in chomped state.