Unable to add multiple jars when specifying classpath *.jar in linux [duplicate]

You don need to specify *jar you only need to something like this:

-classpath .:../lib/*  

To add all jars. (WIthout .jar suffix) Please read

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/classpath.html

"Understanding class path wildcards"

For example, the class path entry foo/* specifies all JAR files in the directory named foo. A classpath entry consisting simply of * expands to a list of all the jar files in the current directory. Files will be considered regardless of whether or not they are hidden (that is, have names beginning with '.').

You need to quote *, so that the shell does not expand it.

#this doesn't work:
javac -classpath .:../lib/*.jar ...

#the above expands to (notice the space between the jar files):
javac -classpath .:../lib/jar1.jar ../lib/jar2.jar ...

#this should work:
javac -classpath '.:../lib/*' ...

You want javac to interpret the '*', not the shell.