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Pipe character is being skipped in java string

I have a java architecture which accepts linux command as a string, which run on a remote linux machine and returns the output.

The command as a string is working for these single commands such as

cat filename
grep <string> filename

But the command is not executing properly when I pass it a with pipe such as this one

cat filename | grep string

The command is being sent as a java string. I tried to pipe with \\ (like this \\| ) but with no success.

Any possible solution ?

Ps: The architecture returns the output as a string file. In the case where I say the command is not working i see empty string as an output

Solution

  • The pipe character is a "shell thing" - never going to work within the command executed by a single process.

    Consider connecting the output stream of the first command to the input stream of a separate process for the second command.