How to execute cmd line of psexec and log to text file in a single line using JAVA?

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I am trying to execute the following line in java(with escaped characters): 

"psexec -i -d \\\\computerName -u user -p pass calc 2>  
 somePath\\psexecOut.txt"

I use the following method to execute cmd lines: 

private static String executeCommand(String command) {

    StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
    System.out.println("command is = \n"+command);
    Process p;
    try {
        p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
        p.waitFor();
        BufferedReader reader =
                           new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));

                       String line = "";
        while ((line = reader.readLine())!= null) {
            output.append(line + "\n");
        }

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return output.toString();

}

The line is executed and calc is starting , but the log part doesn't work. The log file psexecOut.txt is not created.

When I run the command normally (without excaped characters) in cmd it runs fine and the log file is created, but using java it doesn't create the log file.

I suspect that > needs to be escaped but as I read it's already escaped as it is.

How can I execute the psexec with log to text file in a single cmd line using java like I can do manually in windows console ?

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2 Answers

Solved:
As lit suggested in the comments: cmd.exe /c works.

So the corrected method is: 

private static String executeCommand(String command) {

    StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
    System.out.println("command is = \n"+command);
    Process p;
    try {
        p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe /c "+command); // <-correction done here
        p.waitFor();
        BufferedReader reader =
                           new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));

                       String line = "";
        while ((line = reader.readLine())!= null) {
            output.append(line + "\n");
        }

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return output.toString();

}
user_86116330

Try putting cmd.exe /C at the beginning of the command? It is cmd.exe that interprets the > redirection.

"cmd.exe /C psexec -i -d \\\\computerName -u user -p pass calc 2> somePath\\psexecOut.txt"
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