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ExecDemo shows how to execute an external program and read its output

  

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/**
 * ExecDemo shows how to execute an external program and read its output.
 */
public class ExecDemoSort {
  public static void main(String[] av) throws IOException {

    // A Runtime object has methods for dealing with the OS
    Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime();

    // A process object tracks one external running process
    Process p;

    // file contains unsorted data
    p = r.exec("sort sortdemo.txt");

    // getInputStream gives an Input stream connected to
    // the process p's standard output (and vice versa). We use
    // that to construct a BufferedReader so we can readLine() it.
    BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p
        .getInputStream()));

    System.out.println("Here is your sorted data:");

    String aLine;
    while ((aLine = is.readLine()) != null)
      System.out.println(aLine);

    System.out.println("That is all, folks!");

    return;
  }
}



           
         
    
  








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