Passing args into a executable Unix file (MacOS)

Question

First of all, I had some issues on the process, but the one I want to fix is passing some terminal arguments into Java:

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("bash",
    "-c",
    "/User/me/path/to/Binaryfile/binfile",
    "-o this -a is -z specific -m kind -y of -kl arguments -i want "
);

If i run with this code,

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("bash",
    "-c",
    "/User/me/path/to/Binaryfile/binfile"
);

I get the execution of the binary file. Remember I'm using a Mac, and I want to run the binary with some specific args of this one. Sorry, if my English is bad.

A complete example is examined [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5740673/230513). — trashgod, Dec 03 '13 at 10:41
im kinda new at unix console, its a bit hard to me to understand the argumentens they are passing into the process builder — Shapi, Dec 03 '13 at 10:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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In this concrete example, three arguments are passed:

"bash"
"-c"
"ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'"

Unless you need the shell to interpret your arguments, you can probably do something like this:

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("/User/me/path/to/Binaryfile/binfile",
    "-o xx.xxx.xx.xxx:xxxx", "-u xxxxx", "-p xxxx");

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Dec 03 '13 at 11:38

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"[2013-12-03 11:58:17] Unexpected extra commandline arguments [2013-12-03 11:58:17] Unexpected extra commandline arguments " i get this output And if i place this: ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("bash","-c",/User/me/path/to/Binaryfile/binfile,"-o http://xx.xxx.xx.xxx:xxxx" ,"-u xxxxx"," -p xxxxx" );, the outout is: Error opening terminal: unknown. – Shapi Dec 03 '13 at 11:58
I don't understand why you're running a sub-shell; see updated example. – trashgod Dec 03 '13 at 12:23
i have a binary file, and when im running it i have to insert some args in the shell, and i want to start the binary with fixed args with the java – Shapi Dec 03 '13 at 14:04
with your code i get this output :Error opening terminal: unknown...I dont need to call the bash or -c? – Shapi Dec 03 '13 at 14:25
PS: Dont forget the fact im doing this on a macOS – Shapi Dec 03 '13 at 14:31
Same here; for reference, I tested with `new ProcessBuilder("head", "-n 10", "build.xml")`. – trashgod Dec 03 '13 at 17:18

Passing args into a executable Unix file (MacOS)

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