java Runtime.getRunTime().exec & wildcards?

java shell command wildcard runtime.exec
Jakob picture Jakob · Jan 21, 2010 · Viewed 9k times · Source

i'm trying to remove junk files by using

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec();

it works fine as long as i do not use wildcards, i.e. this works:

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/bin/rm -f specificJunkFile.java");

while the following throws back "No such file or directory":

Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/bin/rm -f *.java");

i should be able to do all the nice things as outlined here, right?

Answer

Malvika picture Malvika · Nov 29, 2011

After a lot of searching I found this: http://www.coderanch.com/t/423573/java/java/Passing-wilcard-Runtime-exec-command

Runtime.exec(new String[] { "sh", "-c", "rm /tmp/ABC*" });

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