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Java 8 and 9
java8 () {
latest=`ls -d /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_*.jdk | sed 's/^.*jdk1\.8\.0_//' | sort -n | tail -1`
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_${latest}Contents/Home
java -version
}
java9 () {
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home
java -version
}
# Installs Java 8 alongside Java 9
brew tap caskroom/versions
brew cask install java
brew cask install java8
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See http://www.jenv.be/ for an alternative to shell functions.

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