Execute external program

Solution 1:

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Process process = new ProcessBuilder("C:\\PathToExe\\MyExe.exe","param1","param2").start();
InputStream is = process.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String line;

System.out.printf("Output of running %s is:", Arrays.toString(args));

while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
  System.out.println(line);
}

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Solution 2:

You might also try its more modern cousin, ProcessBuilder:

Java Runtime.getRuntime().exec() alternatives

Solution 3:

import java.io.*;

public class Code {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder("ls", "-ltr");
    Process process = builder.start();

    StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
    try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()))) {
        String line = null;
      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        out.append(line);
        out.append("\n");
      }
      System.out.println(out);
    }
  }
}

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