You can call System.getRuntime() , then Runtime.exec() which returns a
process obj. You can trap the i/p from it.
Or see chapter 12 in Orily's servlet book
Tushar
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> Subject: running linux commands from Java(JSP/servlets)
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> Hi,
>
> Is there anyway to execute Linux commands from within JSPs or
> Servlets??
>
> like in perl,...we place OS commands in backquotes eg.
> `cat
> file.dat`
>
> advance thanx ,
> Deeps
>
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