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

Under linux there's a package called binfmt-support that allows you to run directly your jar without typing java -jar:

sudo apt-get install binfmt-support
chmod u+x my-jar.jar
./my-jar.jar # there you go!