Using Unix command lines in java code

Question

I was wondering if there was a way to run a unix command in java code. I know in C++ there is popen, but i don't know of a way in java. The command i need to run is the whois "domain name" command. Any help would be great!
jarad

Answer 1

try something like this:
  public static String whois(String domain) throws IOException {
    BufferedReader is = null;
    Process p = null;
    String result = "";
    p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("whois " + domain);
    is = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
    String line;
    while((line = is.readLine()) != null)
      result += line;
    return result;
  }