How to pass arguments to shellscript using java?

Question

I am calling a shell script from java code using :

ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder("/home/abhijeet/sample1.sh ");
Process script_exec = pb2.start();

Which runs successfully,But i need to pass some parameters to it , so I need to execute this script as :

param1=abc param2=xyz /home/abhijeet/sample1.sh

I have tried this code:

 ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder("/home/abhijeet/sample1.sh ","param1=abc","param2="xyz");

But it did't work for me.How can i pass arguements to shell script while using Processbuilder for calling it?

Note:My question is about passing arguments to shellscript ,not to commands.i have read that suggested possible duplicate question , but that does't solve my problem,I tried it that way, that is for passing arguements to commands, not for shellscript

Have you tried the obvious: `ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder("/home/abhijeet/sample1.sh param1=abc param2=xyz");`? — Smutje, Jun 30 '14 at 13:03
possible duplicate of [difference between ProcessBuilder and Runtime.exec()](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6856028/difference-between-processbuilder-and-runtime-exec) — Reinard, Jun 30 '14 at 13:04
@SirTroll: i have read that , but that does't solve my problem,I tried it that way, that is for passing arguements to commands, not for shellscript — Abhijeet Panwar, Jun 30 '14 at 13:06
@Smutje : yes i have tried that, it throws java.io.IOException — Abhijeet Panwar, Jun 30 '14 at 13:09
@user1071777- yes,but than what's the right way of doing it? — Abhijeet Panwar, Jun 30 '14 at 13:11
You can use [Apache commons exec library](http://stackoverflow.com/a/21793314/1686291) also. — Not a bug, Jun 30 '14 at 13:13
@KisHanSarsecHaGajjar : i want to do this using processbuilder,Is there any way for it? — Abhijeet Panwar, Jun 30 '14 at 13:14

Kenster · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13T00:12:49.767

You say you need to run the command:

param1=abc param2=xyz /home/abhijeet/sample1.sh

In this case, the "param1" and "param2" strings aren't command-line arguments. This is shell syntax to set the two environment variables param1 and param2 and then invoke sample1.sh.

To accomplish this with ProcessBuilder, you need to access the builder's environment variables:

ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder("/home/abhijeet/sample1.sh");
pb2.environment().put("param1", "abc");
pb2.environment().put("param2", "xyz");
Process script_exec = pb2.start();

As an alternative, the command that you're trying to run uses shell syntax, so you could pass it to a shell to execute it:

ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder(
    "/bin/sh",
    "-c",
    "param1=abc param2=xyz /home/abhijeet/sample1.sh");
Process script_exec = pb2.start();

How to pass arguments to shellscript using java?

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