What is the meaning of purpose of this command java -jar some jar file jar

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Mar 21, 2019 in Java by Ishu
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java -jar <name>

I think this is used when that particular JAR file is needed as part of the execution of a command. 

answered Mar 21, 2019 by Vardhan
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You are partially right @Vardhan. This command is used to execute a JAR file. But JAR itself is a Java application in a compressed format.
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JAR (Java Archive) file is a package file format that contains many classes, metadata, and resources like image, audio etc., that is necessary for a Java application. A JAR file is a Java application compressed in a single file which contains all the resources required to run a Java application. 

The command mentioned in the question is used to run a JAR file. When you have written a Java program, the command to execute it is:

java <name of the java program file>

Similarly, when you want to execute a Java application that is present as a JAR file, you use the below command:

java -jar <some jar file>.jar

Here, you have to replace <some jar file> with the name of the JAR file. Suppose you want to execute Example.jar, then the command would be:

java -jar Example.jar
answered Mar 22, 2019 by Omkar
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