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iRiddler
iRiddler

Reputation: 5

Implement in command line using JAVA

In my project, i need to segregate all .java files in a folder and paste it in a separate folder. I figured out that the below mentioned command works for this purpose

for /f "delims==" %k in ('dir C:\Project\downloads\*.java /s /b') do copy "%k" C:\Project\javaRepo

In the above command, the Source Folder : C:\Project\downloads\
Destination folder to copy all .java files : C:\Project\javaRepo

I tried using the following command in JAVA,

Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process proc = rt.exec(.....);

But I am not clear how to put the "for" command as an argument for rt.exec.

I tried creating a batch file as follows, but it doesn't work.

@echo off
for /f "delims==" %k in ('dir C:\Project\downloads\*.java /s /b') do copy "%k" C:\Project\javaRepo

Can you let me know if my approach is correct, or is there any other better alternative? Suggestions / ideas are most welcome.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1517

Answers (3)

iRiddler
iRiddler

Reputation: 5

Thank you guys for new suggestions.. I looked into them as well. However, I able to implement the same commandline code later on... My code is as follows

public class copyJava {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException,
            InterruptedException {
        Process p = null;
        String[] command = {
                "cmd",
                "/c",
                "for /f \"delims==\" %k in ('dir C:\\Project\\workspace\\downloads\\*.java /s /b') do copy \"%k\" C:\\Project\\workspace\\javaRepo" };
        ProcessBuilder copyFiles = new ProcessBuilder(command);
        copyFiles.redirectErrorStream(true);
        p = copyFiles.start();
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                p.getInputStream()));
        String line;
        do {
            line = reader.readLine();
            if (line != null) {
                System.out.println(line);
            }
        } while (line != null);
        reader.close();
        p.waitFor();
    }
}

It works good now.. :)

Upvotes: 0

Chris Mountford
Chris Mountford

Reputation: 595

Imagine a Java "clippy" the helpful paperclip:

It looks like you're trying to organise a java project!

Perhaps you should be using a build tool like ant or gradle. These can do those low level tasks in a very compact and convenient way.

If you must do it from Java, you can even use ant, say, as a library which can do these sorts of operations for you.

Or if you're willing to reorganise your project and follow the conventions maven may also be a more automatic solution.

Upvotes: 1

Alex Gitelman
Alex Gitelman

Reputation: 24732

If you are in Java you don't need all this trickery. Just use for loop and copy files. You can call copy via exec for each file or you can copy using pure Java which would be lot better imho.

Upvotes: 1

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