unable to execute powershell command through java? - java

I am trying to run a powershell command which starts the tomcat service.Currently the command is working perfectly when executed directly through the windows powershell. However if i run the same command from java i get and error saying
Start-Process : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'net'.
my powershell command is:
Start-Process -verb runas cmd -ArgumentList "/k net start Tomcat7"
my java code:
final String PS_COMMAND = " powershell.exe Start-Process -verb runas cmd -ArgumentList /k net start Tomcat7 " ;
Process p= Runtime.getRuntime().exec(PS_COMMAND);
BufferedReader BR=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
String l;
while((l=BR.readLine()) != null){
System.out.print(l);
}

I see now you're using -verb runas to force a UAC prompt if needed.
In that case, it's a good approach but at least you can remove the cmd.exe indirection. The reason it isn't working as is though is really just because you didn't quote the values you're passing to the -ArgumentList parameter.
Try this:
final String PS_COMMAND = "powershell.exe Start-Process -verb runas net.exe -ArgumentList 'start Tomcat7'" ;
You are complicating things too much. There's no reason to run powershell.exe to run cmd.exe to run net.exe.
You should do one of the following:
Run PowerShell's command:
final String PS_COMMAND = "powershell.exe Start-Service Tomcat7" ;
Or run net.exe directly:
final String PS_COMMAND = "net.exe start Tomcat7" ;

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Replace Start-Process with the call operator:
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JAVA getRuntime().exec used to execute powershell script, Start-Process -wait no longer works

I am trying to execute a powershell script from my java console app, I was able to get this working with the below command:
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If I open command prompt, and copy exactly what I have in my exec(...) command, it runs great, however, when I run it in my Java application, it seems like the -wait in my powershell script is being ignored, and the next line (which is checking and removing logs) is run, I've even gone to the length of adding a sleep for a few seconds in my powershell just after the Start-Process, this works but I'm hoping there is a better way.
The error i am getting is in the powershell script is below (this only happens when ive run it from my Java app, the -wait waits foor the start process to finsih before continuing when run directly from command prompt..):
Remove-Item : Cannot remove item D:\adhoc\logs\2016-06\output38844448.out: The process cannot access the file
'D:\adhoc\logs\2016-06\output38844448.out' because it is being used by another process.
At C:\runscript.ps1:91 char:3
+ Remove-Item $OutputFile
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (D:\adhoc\log...4448.out:FileInfo) [Remove-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
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I want to use "adb logcat -d > C:\Users\lenovo 01\Documents\android\sdk\platform-tools" command line command within my java code. this works directly in command prompt but it doesn't work within java code.
for example:
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when I execute this, nothing happens. It writes only "written" but the file is empty. When I run this command in command prompt, it works correctly and writes all logcat output to that file. What am I doing wrong?
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When I run the same command from Java code using ProcessBuilder, sudo doesn't work, and I need to set chmod to 775 or else I don't have permission to read logs.
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