Question

I need to output some information regarding the java.exe verison to a text file.
The command prompt command

C:\Windows\System32\Java.exe > C:\Users|txt.txt outputs everything to the correct file.

When I try to add the -version

C:\Windows\System32\Java.exe -version > C:\Users|txt.txt, the output text file remains blank.

Is there a way to get this into a txt file?

Answer 1

Use this command line instead:

C:\Windows\System32\Java.exe -version 2> C:\Users\txt.txt

(note the additional 2.)

Java is writing the version information to standard error (channel 2) rather than standard output.