Run bash file from java

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I want to run bash file from java, i am using play framework. any idea how to do that??

is this code enough:

new ProcessBuilder("pathToYourShellScript").start();

I tested it, it's not working. Don't got a solution for you but you can test the code by download virtualbox and installing Linux on it. https://www.virtualbox.org/ — Icy Creature, Dec 05 '14 at 15:20
possible duplicate of [How to run Unix shell script from java code?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/525212/how-to-run-unix-shell-script-from-java-code) — , Dec 05 '14 at 16:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

Possible duplicate of How to run Unix shell script from Java code? (don't have the reputation to put that in a comment, sorry).

In a nutshell - your line of code will work and the shell script will run by just doing that (tested on a SUSE Linux box).

However, if you want to do anything with the output or to know that it has completed, you'll have to add more code to check its state (check out the Process.waitFor() API) or to capture its output in Java (e.g. by capturing Standard out in a BufferedReader) - check Process.getInputStream() API.

Run bash file from java

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