Execute Linux Command via JSP

How can I execute Linux commands through a JSP page on a Red Hat Linux 6.1 Machine using Tomcat 3.0
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Hi Nick,
Thankx a lot, for suggestion,
I wanted to make a page which gives me a text box to write a command and below it shows the result of that command,
Say , I m in directory "/home/dhiraj"
and I write in command text box : "pwd"
it should give me the currrent path in result , which I can show in form of HTML as Results ,
(may be in a String form..)
same way if I write in command box : "ls -l"
it should Return me (say a String) the directory listing of the current path in result,
I have already tried the Runtime & Process class ,
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process p =null;
p = rt.exec("command here");
p.waitFor();
it has following problems:
1) This way I m not able to get the result ..
2) I tried to make a zip file via my program it did not threw any exception , but could not execute...
I was confused is it 'coz of permission ( rights problem) or some programmatical error as the same program runs via a Java Class file ..
desperately waiting for ur suggestions
Dhiraj Agrawal
MCA student and a Trainee in a local Software House
reply to: [email protected]

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{color:#ff0000}I want to execute Linux Commands(which is remotely connected through putty) in a JSP Page.{color}
{color:#0000ff}My requirement is to display df -h output on a JSP page.{color}
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