How do you run a JAR file on Windows, Mac or Linux? Double click the JAR? Run the JAR at the command line? Several approaches will work if you have Java or the JDK installed.

Here's a quick example of how to run a Jenkins war file from the command line, DOS prompt or terminal window in Linux/Ubuntu. The short story? java -jar jenkins.war ...

This article describes the Options class, a helper class that helps process command line arguments for Java tools. Options offers a simple and convenient approach to define the acceptable syntax ...