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biomaucal
biomaucal

Reputation: 13

Run .sh with Java

I have a shell script which I'm trying to call from Java. The shell script contains:

cat /dev/tty.USB0 > file.txt

In my Java code I am using:

Process p= Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/home/myname/Scrivania/capture.sh");

But it does not work. When I run it from the terminal it works as expected.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 392

Answers (3)

Emmanuel
Emmanuel

Reputation: 344

What you are doing works. Well, it should.

My guess as to what is/seems wrong is this: You might be looking for the output file "file.txt" in the wrong place.

Here's a little experiment

System.out.println("Output file - " + new File("file.txt"));
Process p= Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/home/myname/Scrivania/capture.sh");

The first line should tell you where to look for your file.

P.S. Of course, do remember to import java.io.File :)

Upvotes: 0

Everv0id
Everv0id

Reputation: 1980

First of all, it's not a good style to work with OS-based features in Java code. Instead of that i suggest you to work with system input/output streams only. For example if your program should handle output of your script, you can do something like:

cat /dev/tty.USB0 > java YourMainClass

and then work directly with System.in.

Even if your program is more complicated than script output consumer, you can rewrite it to remove all OS-based parts from your program, it'll make your code more stable and maintainable.

Upvotes: 1

AlBlue
AlBlue

Reputation: 24040

You can't directly execute a .sh script like this, since it's not an executable. Instead, you have to run /bin/sh -c /home/myname/Scrivania/capture.sh instead.

Upvotes: 2

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