Using Quotes within getRuntime().exec

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Use this:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"sh", "-l", "-c", "./foo"});

Main point: don’t put the double quotes in. That’s only used when writing a command-line in the shell!

e.g., echo "Hello, world!" (as typed in the shell) gets translated to:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"echo", "Hello, world!"});

(Just forget for the moment that the shell normally has a builtin for echo, and is calling /bin/echo instead. :-))

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