Quotes in command line arguments passed to Java main ()

Question

I run a Java program with the following command line (Edit: in NetBeans project properties 6.8)

toto has:"tutu titi" 

args is an array of 2 lines

 toto has:tutu titi 

I want (two arguments really, the second) args[1] be

 has:"tutu titi" 

How can I do it?

Edit: I already tried to execute backslash quotes from the "Arguments" line in the Netbeans properties properties, but I get args [1]

 has:\tutu titi\ 

Answer 1

I had a similar problem in NetBeans and found a solution:

Change / add property "application.args" to your private.properties:

 application.args='has:""tutu titi""' 

Single quotes to mark your “argument” and two double quotes to specify one “double quote”.

Answer 2

It really depends on your shell. You did not say which operating system you are using. For example, on Windows this will work:

 java Test toto "has:\"tutu titi\"" 

I believe the same will work in bash too.

But if you ask what you can do in Java to solve this problem: nothing. The shell will parse the command line before invoking the process, and you cannot cancel this parsing.

Answer 3

Use

 toto "has:\"tutu titi\"" 

Answer 4

This is recognized by netbeans as a bug that will not be fixed!

Answer 5

When adding NetBeans (7.1.2) from the configuration / arguments dialog box, the outer and hidden double quote with a single quote worked for me, for example:

 my argument