Java tutorial
import java.io.*; /* * create some temp files, ls them, and rm them */ public class ExecDemoRm { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { new File("/tmp/ww" + i).createNewFile(); } Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ls -l /tmp/ww? > /tmp/report"); Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rm -f /tmp/ww?"); } }