Question

I’m trying to, through a java program, write commands in the gnome terminal. I tried this code:

    String cmd = "ls"; 
    Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
    Process p = rt.exec(cmd);

I’m trying to write “ls” to the terminal but nothing happens, but if I use

    String cmd = "gnome-terminal"; 

I can open a new terminal window.
What I really want to do is run a C program from the terminal, calling it with java.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

gnome-terminal takes the -e argument, which allows you to tell it to execute a program.

gnome-terminal -e /path/executable

Just put them in a String[] and call the same method.