How to execute command from Java program

Question

I need to execute this command to stop selenium server.

wmic path win32_process Where "CommandLine Like '%selenium-server%'"  Call Terminate

from my java program. I tried

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("command as a single string escaped")

and

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(String[])

but it is not getting executed. When I execute the same command from cmd it is working fine. Can someone please help.

Jayan · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-10 05:22:08Z

1

Escaping/handling white spaces are better run done with ProcessBuilder.

answered Sep 10, 2012 at 5:22

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CloudyMarble · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-01 05:44:51Z

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You can try to use this one:

public Process exec(String[] cmdarray, String[] envp, File dir) 
  throws IOException

Executes the specified command and arguments in a separate process with the specified environment and working directory.

then wait for the process to end using the process.waitFor() methode.

answered Sep 10, 2012 at 5:20

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