Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* See LICENSE for licensing information */ import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.OutputStreamWriter; public class Main { public static int doShellCommand(String[] cmds, StringBuilder log, boolean runAsRoot, boolean waitFor) throws Exception { Process proc = null; int exitCode = -1; if (runAsRoot) proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su"); else proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("sh"); OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(proc.getOutputStream()); for (int i = 0; i < cmds.length; i++) { out.write(cmds[i]); out.write("\n"); } out.flush(); out.write("exit\n"); out.flush(); if (waitFor) { final char buf[] = new char[10]; // Consume the "stdout" InputStreamReader reader = new InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream()); int read = 0; while ((read = reader.read(buf)) != -1) { if (log != null) log.append(buf, 0, read); } // Consume the "stderr" reader = new InputStreamReader(proc.getErrorStream()); read = 0; while ((read = reader.read(buf)) != -1) { if (log != null) log.append(buf, 0, read); } exitCode = proc.waitFor(); } return exitCode; } }