Script to run .jar file on Mac OS X

Question

I want to run batch file (similar to Windows) on Mac OS X to run a jar file, after search I found it run batch script.

I am not getting proper link from where I can take help. How can I create this?

Answer 1

You could create a shell script and run it with Terminal.

For example:

#!/bin/sh
java -jar path/to/jar/file.jar

To run it you need to set up the right user permission, so do chmod u+x script-name then run with ./script-name

Answer 2

You have to create a shell script on MAC OS to get the same result as with a batch file on Windows.

A shell script could look like this:

#!/bin/bash
/opt/java/jre-7x/bin/java -jar /your/path/to/jar-file

Please note that the path to the java executable depends on your java installation directory.

Answer 3

You can't run a batch file, but you can run a shell script which is the equivalent on unix based systems.

Like the batch file, the shell script is also platform specific, but should work on Unix and Linux based systems.