how to run a command at terminal from java program?

Question

I need to run a command at terminal in Fedora 16 from a JAVA program. I tried using

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(\"xterm\"); 

but this just op

Answer 1

I don't know why, but for some reason, the "/bin/bash" version didn't work for me. Instead, the simpler version worked, following the example given here at Oracle Docs.

String[] args = new String[] {"ping", "www.google.com"};
Process proc = new ProcessBuilder(args).start();