tomislav-b
3/19/2015 - 11:53 AM

A function that executes a command natively and returns its output as a String.

A function that executes a command natively and returns its output as a String.

executeCommand.java
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private static executeCommand(String directory, String[] commandArray) {
    ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(commandArray);

    if (directory == null)
        directory = System.getProperty("user.dir");

    builder.directory(new File(directory));
    builder.redirectErrorStream(true);
    Process p = builder.start();

    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(p.getInputStream());

    // Build the output string, line by line
    String commandOutput = "";
    while (scanner.hasNext()) {
        commandOutput += scanner.nextLine() + "\n";
    }

    p.waitFor();
    scanner.close();

    return commandOutput;
}