Run Program from IntelliJ with Command Line File Input

Question

I am running OSX 10.11 with IntelliJ 14.1.15.

I have a programme which takes a txt file as an argument. I can run it from the terminal through java Searc

Answer 1

You need to go in the menu Run -> Edit configurations.

Select your configuration and add the parameters in the field Program arguments

The field Program arguments is what appears after the class name from command line. For example:

java MyMainClass ProgramArgument1 ProgramArgument2 ProgramArgument3

in your example

java SearchCmd test.txt

the program argument is test.txt

Note: Use an absolute path or check that the working directory is the directory containing your file