CODEWITHSUNDEEP
clojure
sjac
sjac

Reputation: 2849

How to execute system commands?

How can I execute system specific commands and get their response in Clojure? For example, let's assume we're on a Linux machine, how can I call top or free, and get their results for further processing?

Upvotes: 55

Views: 17450

Answers (4)

CambodianCoder
CambodianCoder

Reputation: 487

You could use the babashka library to run shell commands in Clojure. An example would be

#!/usr/bin/env bb
(require '[clojure.java.shell :refer [sh]])
(sh "top")

Upvotes: 0

nha
nha

Reputation: 18005

If you are willing to get a little higher in term of abstractions (although no that high), I would recommend Conch, as I found it to make very readable code.

Upvotes: 2

overthink
overthink

Reputation: 24443

(use '[clojure.java.shell :only [sh]])
(sh "free")
(sh "top" "-bn1")

See also: http://clojuredocs.org/clojure_core/clojure.java.shell/sh

Upvotes: 80

mikera
mikera

Reputation: 106351

You should be able to use the Java Runtime.exec method as follows:

(import 'java.lang.Runtime)

(. (Runtime/getRuntime) exec "your-command-line-here")

The Runtime.exec method returns a Process object that you can query to get the standard output etc. as needed.

Upvotes: 13

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