$ rvm tools {identifier,path-identifier,strings,mirror,rvm-env} Provides generic tools related to rvm environments for gaining information about your current environment. Primarily used for scripting rvm. Examples: To get the expanded Ruby string for the current environment, you would run: $ rvm tools identifier To get the identifier for a folder (taking into account .rvmrc files and the like), run this instead: $ rvm tools path-identifier ~/path/to/directory Lastly, you can expand example Ruby strings. E.g., to get the current ree version, run: $ rvm tools strings ree In case of network/firewall problems, it is easy to define alternate download URLs: $ rvm tools mirror It is possible to use a "shebang" (#!/usr/...) line to select the interpreter (eg, Ruby 1.9.3) which processes a script file. However, this will work only on recent Linux kernels (2.6.27.9 and above). First, you need to define the shebang wrapper: $ rvm tools rvm-env ruby bash zsh This will define: /usr/bin/{ruby,bash,zsh}-rvm-env Your scripts can then request the proper Ruby, using shebang: #!/usr/bin/ruby-rvm-env 1.9.3 The script will be run using Ruby 1.9.3 from rvm. Alternatively, here is a hack to make a script switch itself: if !ENV['ruby_switch_flag'] ENV['ruby_switch_flag'] = '42' system('rvm', '1.9.3', 'do', __FILE__, *ARGV) exit 0 end