Passing shell arguments to java

I want to pass input to java in a Bash shell:

$: echo "text" | java myClass

This is my Java code:

public class myClass {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length > 0) {
            System.out.println("argument: " + args[0]);
        }
        else {
            System.out.println("[Error] No argument given");
            System.exit(1);
        }
        System.exit(0);
    }
}

The result is:

$: echo "text" | java myClass
[Error] No argument given

Answer

This is more of a shell programming problem.

You need to write:

$: java myClass $(echo "text")

This will convert the output of echo to parameters. This will work as along as the output of your program is simple (e.g., a short list of words).

If you are expecting to read lines of text you will have to use your original command and read the input from stdin.