Process p = null; try { Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); p = rt .exec("/bin/bash /cleanup.sh"); BufferedReader reader = null; reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p .getErrorStream())); String line = null; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line); } BufferedReader reader1 = null; reader1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p .getInputStream())); String line1 = null; while ((line1 = reader1.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line1); } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { if (p != null) { p.destroy(); } }