How to run Java programs from the terminal?

Question

I am trying to run a Java program from my Terminal. I have Mac OS X 10.7.

teamL javac -jar kxml2-2.3.0.jar XMLHandler.java ServiceEndpoint.java TeamL.

Answer 1

javac is a command to compile instead of that you should use the command Java.

• First set the classpath
• Then run it like this

java -classpath %classpathVariable% %YourClass% %arguments...

Running a Java Program from Command Prompt this could give you a better idea is for Windows but is similar.