How to make pipes work with Runtime.exec()?

Question

Consider the following code:

String commandf = \"ls /etc | grep release\";

try {

    // Execute the command and wait for it to complete
    Process child =         


        

Answer 1

@Kaj accepted answer is for linux. This is the equivalent one for Windows:

String[] cmd = {
"cmd",
"/C",
"dir /B | findstr /R /C:"release""
};
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);