Questions tagged [command-execution]

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conditional execution (&& and ||) in powershell

There's already question addressing my issue (Can I get && to work in Powershell?), but with one difference. I need an OUTPUT from both commands. See, if I just run: (command1 -arg1 -arg2) -and (command2 -arg1) I won't see any output, but stderr…
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Windows Batch: Executing command with FOR /F -- "command not found"

I have a problem with executing an other command within a FOR-command on Windows 7 Ultimate. The for-command is part of a batch-file and should parse the outputs of another command. Usually this: for /f %%a IN ('tasklist') DO echo %%a should…
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Shell script: Execute command after running "exit" command in the shell script

I have a situation where in I have a command in my shell script that must be executed after a exit command is executed in the same script (I know!! It sounds crazy!!) I want to find a solution for something like #!/bin/sh ls -l ~/. exit $? touch…
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Is java Runtime.exec(String[]) platform independent?

I had some code that ran commands through Runtime.getRuntime.exec(String), and it worked on Windows. When I moved the code to Linux, it broke, and the only way of fixing it was to switch to the exec(String[]) version. If I leave things this way,…
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C program executing command before being told to

I have started looking into command processing with C but I have hit a problem with this C program. It is executing the ls command before it is intended. Gcc info: gcc version 6.2.1 20161124 (Debian 6.2.1-5) This is the code: #include…
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How can I run a unix command without using a space character so that I can execute a remote command?

I've been learning about remote/arbitrary command execution. In doing so, I came across some Ruby I thought would be fun to try and exploit. I've been somewhat successful as I managed to get it to run the 'ls' command, but I can't work out how to…
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CommandExecuteIn Background throws a "Not an (encodable) value" error

I am currently trying to implement file exports in background so that the user can do some actions while the file is downloading. I used the apache isis CommandExexuteIn:Background action attribute. However, I got an error "Not an (encodable)…
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How do I get formatted value of environment variable

In my webapplication I want to allow administrators to execute system commands like: Process proc = Runtime .getRuntime() .exec("cmd.exe /C dir C:\\\"Program Files…
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Executing an interactive CLI program remotely

I wrote a small client/server application that can execute system commands remotely. It works fine with non interactive programs when you only need to read their output. However, is there a reliable way to send user input to the Process started IF…
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What are the differences between Java's java.lang.Runtime.exec() and PHP's exec()?

The following doesn't work in Java (an exception is thrown): Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cd mydir; myprog"); The same works fine in PHP: exec("cd mydir; myprog"); What exactly is different in Java's implementation and why (it seems more limited at…
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Test integrity of archive with 7-Zip in PowerShell

I am trying to test integrity of ZIP file It looks like this command is working but I got many details about the file. I want to get a result if the test passed or failed in order to move to the next step. Any idea how to do it? Something…
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Build is successful but I kept getting the 'Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: 1'

I have 3 classes but I think the problems are occurring between the Main and the Roman Numerals class. . . would also include the class Variables as well. . . import java.util.Scanner; public class Main{ public static void main (String[] args){ …
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Command execution time in Java

Is there any way to know the execution time of the command? Making exec synchronous Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process process = rt.exec(ffmpeg +" -i "+source+" -vcodec h264 -acodec aac "+destination); the ffmpeg command is taking time so…
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Need help understing this short C++ program and its vulnerability

I would love if someone could explain me exactly what the code does. I know there's a buffer overflow and bash command execution vulnerability - but since I'm a network guy and not a programmer, I really could use some help to understand the entire…
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executing ADS related Powershell command through Java does not work giving 2 different errors when using 2 different ways

I have been trying to execute a set of commands in a powershell session through java, with no luck yet. My aim is to search a computer object in AD with the domain = "domain.com". I started with a single command. Unfortunately, the following command…
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