How to run a jar file in a linux commandline

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How to set the classpath to the current directory and also run the jar file named load jar present in the current directory by providing the argument as load 2 from a linux command line   I did try to run the jar as follows but its executing classes from some other directory   java -cp   load jar  CLASSPATH load Start load 2

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copy your file in linux Java directory  cp yourfile jar  java bin   open the directory  cd  java bin   and execute your file      java -jar yourfile jar  or all in one try this command     java bin java -jar jarfilefolder jarfile jar

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For example to execute from terminal  Ubuntu Linux  or even  Windows console  a java file called filex jar use this command   java -jar filex jar   The file will execute in terminal

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Under linux there s a package called binfmt-support that allows you to run directly your jar without typing java -jar   sudo apt-get install binfmt-support chmod u x my-jar jar   my-jar jar   there you go

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For OpenSuse Linux  One can simply install the java-binfmt package in the zypper repository as shown below   sudo zypper in java-binfmt-misc chmod 755 file jar   file jar

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sudo -sH java -jar filename jar   Keep in mind to never run executable file in as root

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Running a from class inside your JAR file load jar is possible via   java -jar load jar   When doing so  you have to define the application entry point  Usually this is done by providing a manifest file that contains the Main-Class tag  For documentation and examples have a look at this page   The argument load 2 can be supplied like in a normal Java applications   java -jar load jar load 2   Having also the current directory contained in the classpath  required to also make use of the Class-Path tag  See here for more information

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