How to run TestNG from command line

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How exactly do I run a  java TestNG project from a command line   I have read through the TestNG documentation  and tried the following to no avail    C  projectfred gt  java org testng TestNG testng xml        with the following testng xml file in my project    lt  DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM  http   testng org testng-1 0 dtd   gt     lt suite name  SuiteAll  verbose  1  gt       lt test name  TestAll  gt             lt packages gt                 lt package name  com project fred tests   gt           lt  packages gt         lt  test gt     lt  suite gt    The error I get is this    Exception in thread  main  java lang NoClassDefFoundError  org testng TestNG Caused by  java lang ClassNotFoundException  org testng TestNG         at java net URLClassLoader 1 run Unknown Source          at java security AccessController doPrivileged Native Method          at java net URLClassLoader findClass Unknown Source          at java lang ClassLoader loadClass Unknown Source          at sun misc Launcher AppClassLoader loadClass Unknown Source          at java lang ClassLoader loadClass Unknown Source  Could not find the main class  org testng TestNG   Program will exit    Obviously  I am not referencing TestNG correctly in my command line   Does anyone know how to get this working

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You will need to use semicolon as delimiter while specifying the jar and class file path in windows. This solved the issue.
Assuming the class file is under C:.

java -cp ".;C:\testng.jar" org.testng.TestNG testing.xml

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Ok after 2 days of trying to figure out why I couldn t run the example from   http   www tutorialspoint com testng testng environment htm the following code did not work for me  C  TestNG WORKSPACE gt java -cp  C  TestNG WORKSPACE  org testng TestNG testng xml   The fix for it is as follows  I came to the following conclusion  First off install eclipse  and download the TestNG plugin  After that follow the instructions from the tutorial to create and compile the test class from cmd using javac  and add the testng xml  To run the testng xml on windows 10 cmd run the following line   java -cp C  Users Lenovo Desktop eclipse plugins org testng eclipse 6 9 12 201607091356 lib   C  Test org testng TestNG testng xml   to clarify  C  Users Lenovo Desktop eclipse plugins org testng eclipse 6 9 12 201607091356 lib   The path above represents the location of jcommander jar and testng jar that you downloaded by installing the TESTNG plugin for eclipse  The path may vary so to be sure just open the installation location of eclipse  go to plugins and search for jcommander jar  Then copy that location and after that add   to select all the necessary  jars   C  Test     The path above represents the location of the testing xml in your project   After getting all the necessary paths  append them by using       I hope I have been helpful to some of you guys

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Using       as delimiter on windows issue got resolved   java -cp  path of class files  testng jar file path  org testng TestNG testng xml   ex -  java -cp    bin    common lib     org testng TestNG testng xml

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I had faced same problem because I downloaded TestNG plugin from Eclipse  Here what I did to get the Job done        After adding TestNG to your project library create one folder in your Project names as lib   name can be anything       Go to  C  Program Files Eclipse eclipse-java-mars-R-win32-x86 64 eclipse plugins  location and copy com beust jcommander 1 72 0 jar and org testng 6 14 2 r20180216145 jar file to created folder  lib      Note   Files are testng jar and jcommander jar    Now Launch CMD  and navigate to your project directory and then type   Java -cp C  Users User123 TestNG lib  C  Users User123 TestNG bin org testng TestNG testng xml     That s it   Let me know if you have any more concerns

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You need to have the testng jar under classpath   try C  projectfred gt  java -cp  path-tojar testng jar path to yourtest classes  org testng TestNG testng xml   Update   Under linux I ran this command and it would be some thing similar on Windows either  test bin  java -cp       lib    org testng TestNG testng xml   Directory structure    bin - All my test packages are under bin including testng xml  src - All source files are under src  lib - All libraries required for the execution of tests are under this    Once I compile all sources they go under bin directory  So  in the classpath I need to specify contents of bin directory and all the libraries like testng xml  loggers etc over here  Also copy testng xml to bin folder if you dont want to specify the full path where the testng xml is available     bin     -- testng xml     -- testclasses     -- Properties files if any    lib     -- testng jar     -- log4j jar   Update   Go to the folder MyProject and type run the java command like the way shown below -   java -cp     C  Program Files jbdevstudio4 studio plugins    org testng TestNG testng xml   I believe the testng xml file is under C  Users me workspace MyProject if not please give the full path for testng xml file

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After gone throug the various post  this worked fine for me doing on IntelliJ Idea   java -cp    lib   Path to your test class   org testng TestNG testng xml   Here is my directory structure    lib   -- all jar including testng jar  out   -- production Example1 test class  src  -- test java testing xml   So execute by this command   java -cp    lib   C  Users xyz IdeaProjects Example1 out production Example1  org testng TestNG testng xml   My project directory Example1 is in the path    C  Users xyz IdeaProjects

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Prepare MANIFEST MF file with the following content  Manifest-Version  1 0 Main-Class  org testng TestNG   Pack all test and dependency classes in the same jar  say tests jar  jar cmf MANIFEST MF tests jar -C folder-with-classes      Notice trailing      replace folder-with-classes  with proper folder name or path   Create testng xml with content like below   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt  DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM  http   testng org testng-1 0 dtd   gt   lt suite name  Tests  verbose  5  gt     lt test name  Test1  gt       lt classes gt         lt class name  com example yourcompany qa Test1   gt       lt  classes gt     lt  test gt     lt  suite gt    Replace com example yourcompany qa Test1 with path to your Test class   Run your tests  java -jar tests jar testng xml

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I tried everything on this post but it turns out I was missing a jar file  Here s my solution  Add guice-4 2 2 jar to your jar files if you are getting the following error   If you are using maven then add the following dependency   lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt com google inject lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt guice lt  artifactId gt       lt version gt 4 1 0 lt  version gt   lt  dependency gt    Exception in thread  quot main quot  java lang NoClassDefFoundError  com google inject Stage         at org testng internal Configuration  lt init gt  Configuration java 33          at org testng TestNG init TestNG java 216          at org testng TestNG  lt init gt  TestNG java 200          at org testng TestNG privateMain TestNG java 1312          at org testng TestNG main TestNG java 1304  Caused by  java lang ClassNotFoundException  com google inject Stage         at java base jdk internal loader BuiltinClassLoader loadClass BuiltinClassLoader java 602          at java base jdk internal loader ClassLoaders AppClassLoader loadClass ClassLoaders java 178          at java base java lang ClassLoader loadClass ClassLoader java 522              5 more

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If you are using Maven  you can run it from the cmd line really easy  cd into the directory with the testng xml  or whatever yours is called  the xml that has all the classes that will run  and run this cmd   mvn clean test -DsuiteXmlFile testng xml    This page explains it in much more detail  How to run testng xml from Maven command line  I didn t know it mattered if you were using Maven or not so I didn t include it in my search terms  I thought I would mention it here in case others are in the same situation as I was

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Thanks a lot it was really very helpful   I was able to run my TestNG classes using command line  but still I would like to wrap-up the things one last time as follows    1  Set the classpath for the testng jar in the environment variables  either manually or via command line    2  Create a new folder  MyTest    3  Compile all your classes testNG java  and put them  class files   in a new folder  Mytest bin    4  Put your  testng xml  and   properties  files to  Mytest bin  again   5  Put all the  jar files  testng selenium    etc  in a new folder  Mytest lib    6  Browse to the folder  bin  via command line and run the command java -cp     lib     org testng TestNG testng xml   this should run your testNG cases

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Below command works for me  Provided that all required jars including testng jar kept inside lib   java -cp  lib    org testng TestNG testng xml

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If none of the above answers work  you can run the test in IDE  get the class path and use it in your command  Ex  If you are using Intellij IDEA  you can find it at the top of the console screenshot below      Clicking on the highlighted part expands and displays the complete class path   you need to remove the references to jars inside the folder  JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2019 1 3   java -cp  path copied  org testng TestNG testng xml

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