In this post, we shall see how to launch an application with its command line arguments using Java code. Most applications take path of a file as command-line argument to open it. If we give path of an image file to mspaint application as command-line argument, the image will be opened in paint. The following java program launches mspaint with a command-line argument which is a path to an image.
try
{
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Windows\\System32\\mspaint.exe \"C:\\Users\\Shareef\\Desktop\\flower.jpg\"");
} catch (IOException ex) {}
Arguments are separated by spaces. If a command-line argument contains space within it (such as a space in a path), it is recommended to enclose it within brackets.
