reading java jar command console output

Question

I am running a command line program as follows:

java -jar myjar.jar -host localhost MonkeyProject/BAT_Login_Online_V1.mt

Which prints the following output:

result: OK

I am running the above command in a loop and want to read the output printed on the console in my script to make some decisions.

So how do i read it in the script?

Something like java -jar myjar.jar ... | myscript should work. Is that what you're asking? Is your script already written? — yellowantphil
– yellowantphil, Commented Feb 23, 2016 at 20:39

Jonah Haney · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-23 20:58:16Z

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If using *nix:

var=`java -jar myjar.jar`

The output of the java program will be stored in var

If using Batch, you can do it by outputting into a file, then reading it back into a variable like this:

java -jar myjar.jar > file.txt
set /p var=<file.txt

answered Feb 23, 2016 at 20:58

Jonah Haney

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