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One-liner to turn jar with Main-Class into executable shell script
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# turn a jar with a Main-Class into a stand alone executable
(echo '#!/usr/bin/env java -jar'; cat blahblah.jar) > blah
# turn a jar with a particular main clas into a stand alone executable
(echo '#!/usr/bin/env java -jar package.MainClass'; cat blahblah.jar) > blah
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briandealwis commented Aug 17, 2016 •
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Doesn't seem to work any more 😞 Which is strange as jar tf file shows the jar contents.

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rjmunro commented Sep 4, 2019

This worked for me, both in mac os and in a linux docker image.

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It's working for me too. I really should have included some detail such as the OS and JVM versions that I encountered the problem.

/me blushes

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