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mre
mre

Reputation: 44240

How to Execute Windows Commands Using Java - Change Network Settings

In Java, I want to be able to execute a Windows command.

The command in question is netsh. This will enable me to set/reset my IP address.

Note that I do not want to execute a batch file.

Instead of using a batch file, I want to execute such commands directly. Is this possible?

Here is my implemented Solution for Future Reference:

public class JavaRunCommand {
    private static final String CMD = 
        "netsh int ip set address name = \"Local Area Connection\" source = static addr = 192.168.222.3 mask = 255.255.255.0";
    public static void main(String args[]) {

        try {
            // Run "netsh" Windows command
            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(CMD);

            // Get input streams
            BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
            BufferedReader stdError = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getErrorStream()));

            // Read command standard output
            String s;
            System.out.println("Standard output: ");
            while ((s = stdInput.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(s);
            }

            // Read command errors
            System.out.println("Standard error: ");
            while ((s = stdError.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(s);
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace(System.err);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 49

Views: 116444

Answers (5)

Marko Zajc
Marko Zajc

Reputation: 323

You can run the command with Runtime.getRuntime().exec("<command>") (eg. Runtime.getRuntime().exec("tree")). But, this will only run executables found in path, not commands like echo, del, ... But only stuff like tree.com, netstat.com, ... To run regular commands, you will have to put cmd /c before the command (eg Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c echo echo"))

Upvotes: 6

leet
leet

Reputation: 961

Use ProcessBuilder

ProcessBuilder pb=new ProcessBuilder(command);
pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
Process process=pb.start();
BufferedReader inStreamReader = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream())); 

while(inStreamReader.readLine() != null){
    //do something with commandline output.
}

Upvotes: 32

badroit
badroit

Reputation: 1336

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("netsh");

See Runtime Javadoc.

EDIT: A later answer by leet suggests that this process is now deprecated. However, as per the comment by DJViking, this appears not to be the case: Java 8 documentation. The method is not deprecated.

Upvotes: 43

Anubis05
Anubis05

Reputation: 1274

public static void main(String[] args) {
    String command="netstat";
    try {
        Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
        System.out.println("the output stream is "+process.getOutputStream());
        BufferedReader reader=new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
        String s; 
        while ((s = reader.readLine()) != null){
            System.out.println("The inout stream is " + s);
        }                   
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

This works.

Upvotes: 3

Matt Ball
Matt Ball

Reputation: 359786

Runtime#exec().

Upvotes: 1

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