How to execute external command?

Question

How to execute follow command and get its ouput on linux ?
$ grep processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l

Answer 1

sabre150 wrote:
nitelia wrote:
String[] command = {"sh","-c","grep processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l"};
          Process pro = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
          BufferedReader bf = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pro
                    .getInputStream()));
          String x = null;
          while ((x = bf.readLine()) != null) {
               System.out.println(x);
     This should workWow! So all one has to do is to use a shell to run the command! Isn't it a pity I did not give this solution in reply #3?You old sabre rattler! ;-)