How do I execute Windows commands in Java?

Question

I\'m working on a project, and it will give you a list of Windows commands. When you select one, it will perform that command. However, I don\'t know how to do that. I was g

Answer 1

Old question but might help someone passing by. This is a simple and working solution. Some of the above solutions don't work.

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

public class ExecuteDOSCommand
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        final String dosCommand = "cmd /c dir /s";
        final String location = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32";
        try
        {
            final Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(dosCommand + " " + location);
            final InputStream in = process.getInputStream();
            int ch;
            while((ch = in.read()) != -1)
            {
                System.out.print((char)ch);
            }
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Source: http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42644