public static void main(String[] args) { String result; try { Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process p = rt.exec("CMD.EXE /C DIR c:\\windows\\"); InputStream is = p.getInputStream(); InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr); while ((result = br.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(result); } } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } }