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Java11 - Run file as a script

(This uses > java11)

To run a file as Java, we don’t need to do anything special to the .java file. Just write a class with a main() method and call it with java --source 11 file.java

Linux Shebang

To start it as a script in Linux we need to add java’s shebang #!/opt/jdk-11/bin/java --source 11 and do it executable chmod +x file.java. The shebang may need to be replaced if the java path is different.

Important

If we’re starting a java file as a script, the file’s name cannot end with .java or it won’t work.

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