at the command line, check to see which version of Ruby you have
ruby -v
at the command line, check to see which version of gems you have
gem -v
enter irb at the command line
irb
exit irb, go back to the command line
exit
create a new ruby file
touch _______.rb
(name of file)
run the code in a ruby file
ruby _______.rb
(name of file)
escape from a long-running program/frozen program/infinite loop
control-c
install a gem
gem install _________
(name of gem)