Platform-Specific Details: Running a Java Application

UNIX

% java Count
This is test.
^D
Input has 16 chars.

DOS shell (Windows 95/NT)

C:\> java Count
This is test.
^Z
Input has 17 chars.

Note: The argument to the Java interpreter is the name of the class, not the name of a file.

Note: the program gives different results for UNIX and DOS systems. On UNIX when you press the return key, you get a single character: \n. However, on DOS when you press the return key, you get two characters: \r\n.