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ExecDemo shows how to execute an external program and read its output 3

  

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/**
 * ExecDemo shows how to execute an external program and read its output. This
 * version tries to let the sort's standard output appear at the terminal.
 */
public class ExecDemoSort2 {
  public static void main(String[] av) {

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

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

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

      p.waitFor();
    } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
      System.err.println("I/O error: " + e);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      // nothing to do
    }
  }
}

           
         
    
  








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