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I am trying to start the terminal and run a command automatically by using Runtime.getRuntime().exec(), but it gives me following exceptions: 

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "/Applications/Utilities": error=13, Permission denied

I found the terminal app and changed permission to read&write since I have the administrator account, but it still gives me the same exception.

I tried to open other document on my mac using the same way, it shows up to have the same exception. Is there any other way I can execute commands on terminal at runtime?

Here is the code I have :

import java.io.IOException;

public class OpenTerminal {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        OpenTerminal ot = new OpenTerminal();
        try {
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/Applications/Utilities open - a Terminal");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
blo0p3r
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user2052212
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    `/Applications/Utilities open - a Terminal` is not a valid shell command, so thats not going to work regardless. Try `open -a Terminal` instead. – Perception Feb 07 '13 at 20:20

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/Applications/Utilities is a directory. You can't execute it.

bmargulies
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