public HttpServletResponse execCmd(String cmd, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException { StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer(); Process p = null; try { p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); p.waitFor(); BufferedReader reader =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream())); String line = ""; while( (line = reader.readLine()) != null) { output.append(line + " "); } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter(); pw.write(output.toString()); return response; }