Dollar Sign Character in Java - java

I am new to programming, but I am coming along. I am using the online IDE written in php from www.compilejava.net. My question is this. I tried to use this code and I took it directly out of a Java textbook:
class DollarArguement {
public static void main(String args[]) {
for(int i=0;i<args.length; i++) {
if(args[i].startsWith("$")) {
System.out.print(args[i]);
break;
}
}
}
}
It works for every character I have tried except "$". I would like to put multiple strings in the commandline and search for $ values. Does anyone know why this is not working? Thanks in advance.

I tested your code on OSX and it displayed no results for "$", but if i changed it to "." it printed the first result (because of the break statement).
The reason is that on OSX (and other Unix systems) the bash terminal is looking for values which start with $ as these signify variable names.
you can test this simply by typing in a terminal
echo Hi
Hi
echo $Hi
(no result)
I assume the strings with the $ prefix are never evening making it into the program.
You can escape the $ with a backslash. Try running your program with these backslashes in your parameters.
echo \$Hi
$Hi
eg.
java -cp . DollarArguement \$test
$test

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When I print out in terminal there is always a "%" behind my output. How to fix it? [duplicate]

The version of Java I'm using with Linux is:
openjdk version "16.0.2" 2021-07-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 16.0.2+7)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.0.2+7, mixed mode)
This is the code I used to compile from the Head-First Java book:
public class DooBee {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x = 1;
while (x < 3) {
System.out.print("Doo");
System.out.print("Bee");
x = x + 1;
}
if( x == 3) {
System.out.print("Do");
}
}
}
I compiled it as such:
javac DooBee.java
java DooBee
This is the output:
DooBeeDooBeeDo%
Why is that special character(%) present at the end of the string and how do I write my code to get rid of it?
Probably you are using ZSH terminal which automatically ends line (or rather "starting new line in the same line") with % character (and # for root user) if new line wasn't provided by the process, creating something named partial line
Please notice that you are using System.out.print instead of System.out.println
Read more here:
Why ZSH ends a line with a highlighted percent symbol
Getting a weird percent sign in printf output in terminal with C
I don't think the % comes from your java program, but from your shell. The last output from your program is a print() rather than a println(). This will result in the output ending without a line break. The shell you are running will come back in the middle of an existing line. If it uses a % for a prompt, then that's why.
Change the last print to println and you are hopefully good. Try running it in an IDE or a different shell to make sure. Or perhaps change the prompt, just as a debugging measure?

Java code fails to parse command line arguments pass from wrapper script

I have pretty simple wrapper script which aquires parameters and passes them to java jar.
Unfortunatly, I experience very-very strange behaviour. Below is an example.
Command to execute script:
./wrapper http://localhost:8485/metrics 900 200
Script:
#/bin/sh
/usr/java/default/bin/java -jar /usr/plugins/checkmetrics.jar $#
Java code:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String metricsUrl = args[0];
int heapWarnValue = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
int threadWarnValue = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
}
Which gives me NumberFormatException:
"xception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "200
But if I change command to following, everything works:
./wrapper http://localhost:8485/metrics 900 200" "
Breaks my brain, but I can't understand where I'm wrong. Could someone explain?
Thanks in advance
Is there an LF or CR character at the end of the script that is not being correctly processed (could happen if you have unix line endings in a windows environment or vice versa)?
the reason I mention this is that the error you mention says that it is
For input string: "200
I'm willing to bet that there is another quote mark at the start of the next line. If that's the case, it's trying to parse 200 and CR together as an integer. Sort out the line endings and all will be fine.

Python 2.7 subprocess call method not working to run java command

I am trying to use a python script to manipulate the input files for my java program. The way I am doing it is I am generating the file name and passing it to subprocess.call() method to execute. Here is my program:
def execJava(self):
self.thisCmd="pause"
call(self.javaCmd,shell=True)
call(self.pauseCmd,shell=True)
Where,
self.javaCmd = 'java -ea -esa -Xfuture -Xss64m -classpath "C:\FVSDK_9_1_1\lib\x86_64\msc_12.0-sse2_crtdll\*" -Djava.library.path="C:\FVSDK_9_1_1\lib\x86_64\msc_12.0-sse2_crtdll;C:\FVSDK_9_1_1\lib\x86_64\share" com.cognitec.jfrsdk.examples.MatchFIRAgainstGallery C:\FVSDK_9_1_1\etc\frsdk.cfg 0 .\tmp\frsdk-scratch\probe_1.fir .\tmp\test\*'
Yes, it's a long complex java instruction but when I run it in the command prompt it works fine. Only when I pass it as a string it doesn't run and returns:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error
After some exploration into the problem, I have discovered that it is due to \x, \t in the instruction, so it is executing
.\tmp\test\*
as
mp est\*
as it replaces \t with tab space while executing. I have looked up quite a bit and didn't find any solution. Any help is much appreciated.
Use forward slashes "/" instead of back slashes "\" for your paths.

giving special characters at command line arguments

Hi all! I have written this program for reading command line arguments.
public class UseArgument {
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.print("hi, ");
System.out.print(args[0]);
System.out.println(" How are you?");
}
}
I tried to send the following argument through the command line:
java UseArgument #!&^%
and it's throwing an error as follows.
Output:
hi, #! How are you?
''%'' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
java UseArgument #!^%
Can anybody explain this behavior? Does this relate to regular expressions?
Thanks.
sivakiran B
Some of the special characters you are using have a meaning to the shell from which you are launching your program. By putting the characters in quotes, you are instructing the shell not to process these characters according to their special meaning.

As a command it runs fine from cmd prompt but not from java code

The code given below actually tries running a command. This command when run from command prompt, produces the necessary output. But when i try to run the application from java code, it keeps on running and doesn't produce any output file.
String arg[]={"C:\\app1.exe", "C:\\app2.exe", "c:\\app3.exe"};
String pwd[]={"123","-x","-sf"};
String outputfile="c:\\output.xml"
String command=arg[0]+pwd[0]+arg[1]+pwd[1]+arg[2]+pwd[2]+output;
Process pr=rt.exec(command);
String command=arg[0]+pwd[0]+arg[1]+pwd[1]+arg[2]+pwd[3]+output;
At least you are missing the whitespace between the arguments!
You should not concatenate all arguments to one string. Instead, pass them as separate arguments to
Process exec(java.lang.String[])
I think you made mistake in generating command.
It would be
C:\\app1.exe123C:\\app2.exe-xc:\\app3.exe-sfc:\\output.xml
Make sure the space
And use this exec(String[]
My guess is that you haven't tried this in a debugger or printed what it is trying to run.
My guess is that when you make this compile, you don't have a command called.
C:\app1.exe123C:\app2.exe-xc:\app3.exe-sfc:\output.xml
You cannot have more than one : in the path.
You concatenate all commands and args, but you never insert spaces between the commands and args.
So your command looks like this: "C:\app1.exe123C:\app2.exe-xc:\app3.exe-sfc:\output.xml"
And also pwd[3] doesn't exist. You have an array with 3 elements, so the highest element would be pwd[2]. You should get and ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException here (or is it just a copy-paste-mistake)?
Well there's a couple of things wrong with the code:
A space is needed between the commands and the arguments and pwd[3] is out of bounds. I ran this code and it works.
String arg[]={"C:\\app1.exe", "C:\\app2.exe", "c:\\app3.exe"};
String pwd[]={" 123"," -x"," -sf"};
String outputfile="c:\\output.xml";
String command=arg[0]+pwd[0]+arg[1]+pwd[1]+arg[2]+pwd[2]+outputfile;
try {
Process pr=Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Try:
String[] command = new String[] { arg[0], pwd[0], arg[1], pwd[1],
arg[2], pwd[2], output };
This is assuming the command you wish to run is
C:\app1.exe 123 C:\app2.exe -x C:\app3.exe -sf c:\output.xml
If you really want to run three separate commands, you will have to run exec() more than once.
See the javadoc at http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Runtime.html#exec(java.lang.String[]) for details.
EDIT: As another answerer has pointed out, there is no pwd[3]!
If your apps "app1", "app2" ... are run from the command prompt you need open that before.
by launching cmd.exe first of all.
And then as others suggested add space between app and arguments.
Try by pasting this in the Run/Search input field in windows:
cmd.exe /K C:\app1.exe 123 C:\app2.exe
-x c:\app3.exe -sf c:\output.xml
cmd.exe /K keeps the propmt open after executing commands

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