How to run a jar file in a linux commandline

Question

How to set the classpath to the current directory and also run the jar file named load.jar present in the current directory by providing the argument as load=

Answer 1

Running a from class inside your JAR file load.jar is possible via

java -jar load.jar

When doing so, you have to define the application entry point. Usually this is done by providing a manifest file that contains the Main-Class tag. For documentation and examples have a look at this page. The argument load=2 can be supplied like in a normal Java applications:

java -jar load.jar load=2

Having also the current directory contained in the classpath, required to also make use of the Class-Path tag. See here for more information.