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I'm trying to open a PDF file in Linux with the xdg-open command in java. 

String[] command = {"xdg-open","\""+path+"\""}
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command,null);
p.waitFor();

When I run the code in terminal nothing happens even tho if I type it in terminal:

xdg-open path

it opens the PDF. Any ideas whats wrong?

Tiago Martins Peres
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  • Maybe this helps? [https://stackoverflow.com/a/40569083/2633917](https://stackoverflow.com/a/40569083/2633917) – tobifasc Oct 18 '18 at 10:20

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You should not escape the path: if the program was called, it was with an invalid path ("path" and not path).

String[] command = {"xdg-open", path}

The Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command,null); will use ProcessBuilder internally which, in the case of Linux, should invoke the system command execve.

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