I am trying to read the filename by the command line,
This is command that our professor wants us to type:
java MultiBinaryClient xxxxxx.edu 6001 < files.txt
I was trying to use args[3]
to get the file name, but args only contains "xxxxxx.edu"
and "6001"
. why not "<"
and "files.txt"
in the args[]
? Can anyone help me out?
BTW, I am using MAC terminal to test my code, I believe my professor uses win CMD, will it make differences?
Thank you!
Let's see what each fragment means. This is how we execute a Java class containing a main
method:
java MultiBinaryClient
The only command-line arguments that are being passed to your program are these ones:
xxxxxx.edu 6001
And this snippet is not part of the expected arguments to the Java program:
< files.txt
It's just Unix shell syntax to specify that the contents of files.txt
must be read into your program via the standard input.
< is a redirection. The file will be streaming over stdin.
You should escape the '<'
java MultiBinaryClient xxxxxx.edu 6001 \< files.txt