Java.lang.ProcessBuilder.command() Method

Description

The java.lang.ProcessBuilder.command() method returns this process builder's operating system program and arguments. The returned list is not a copy. Subsequent updates to the list will be reflected in the state of this process builder.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.ProcessBuilder.command() method

public List<String> command()

Parameters

• NA

Return Value

This method returns this process builder's program and its arguments

Exception

• NA

Example

The following example shows the usage of lang.ProcessBuilder.command() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class ProcessBuilderDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // create a new list of arguments for our process
      List list = new ArrayList();
      list.add("notepad.exe");
      
      // create the process builder
      ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(list);
      
      // get the command list
      System.out.println(""+pb.command());

   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

[notepad.exe]