External system commands in java application

I'm trying to run a molscript command in Unix, in a java application. I want to view a molscript graphic via the application. I have been using the following command
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("molscript -opengl < " + file);
Is this possible? Ihave ben able to run simple Unix commands such as 'ls' or 'dir' through the application but when I try a molscript command the error says
java.io.IOException: molscript: not found
Perhaps somebody could help me on this subject?

The standard input redirection in:
molscript -opengl <filenameis handled by the command interpreter, that is, one of the shells.
"sh","-c","molscript -opengl <filename"

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