Script for loading sbt with a particular JDK in ubuntu.

sbt-with-java

#!/bin/bash

declare -r java_dirs=$(ls /usr/lib/jvm)
declare -r default_java=java-6-openjdk-amd64

function findJavaHome() {
  if test "$1" == ""; then
    java_version="$default_java"
  else
    java_version="$1"
  fi
  for dir in $java_dirs; do
    java_dir="/usr/lib/jvm/$dir"
    if test -d "$java_dir"; then
      if [[ "$(echo $dir | grep $java_version)" != "" ]]; then
        echo $java_dir
        break
      fi
    fi
  done
}

export JAVA_HOME=$(findJavaHome "$1")
echo "Selected JDK - ${JAVA_HOME}"

shift
sbt -java-home "$JAVA_HOME" "$@"