Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { private final static String[] comLines = { "ls /var/spool/postfix", "ls .", "javac Main.java", "java -version" }; public void execute() { for (int i = 0; i < comLines.length; i++) { ExecutableChild ec = new ExecutableChild(i, comLines[i]); new Thread(ec).start(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { new Main().execute(); } } class ExecutableChild implements Runnable { int prIndex; String executable; public ExecutableChild(int k, String cmd) { prIndex = k; executable = cmd; } public void run() { try { Process child = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(executable); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(child.getInputStream())); for (String s = br.readLine(); s != null; s = br.readLine()) { System.out.println("[" + prIndex + "] " + s); try { Thread.sleep(20); } catch (Exception intex) { } } br.close(); } catch (Exception ioex) { System.err.println("IOException for process #" + prIndex + ": " + ioex.getMessage()); } } }