Try replacing

String[] command = {"/teste/teste_back/script.sh, "+argument1+", "+argument+""};

with

String[] command = {"/teste/teste_back/script.sh", argument1, argument};

Refer ProcessBuilder for more information.

ProcessBuilder(String... command)

Constructs a process builder with the specified operating system program and arguments.

In think the problem is not that you cannot launch shell script with arguments, I was curious and I did a test

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    String[] command = {"/bin/bash", "test.sh", "Argument1"};
    ProcessBuilder p = new ProcessBuilder(command);
    Process p2 = p.start();
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p2.getInputStream()));
    String line;

    System.out.println("Output of running " + command + " is: ");
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
        System.out.println(line);
    }
}

here is the test.sh script

echo Hello im the script, here your args $@

Here the output

Output of running [Ljava.lang.String;@604e9f7f is: 
Hello im the script, here your args Argument1

What I think is just that your startRegression.sh exit with a non-0 status (aka it failed somewhere) and it have repercussion, runTemporaryTestSuite.sh will also exit with a non-zero status, and so on hence the message : Exit Value of p2 is 1

What I see right now,

SUITE_PATH="./" java -DconfigPath=${SUITE_PATH}/config.xml [..] the configPath will be .//config.xml so maybe you have a plain file not found issue? I might be wrong, hope it helped

You say you need to run the command:

param1=abc param2=xyz /home/abhijeet/sample1.sh

In this case, the "param1" and "param2" strings aren't command-line arguments. This is shell syntax to set the two environment variables param1 and param2 and then invoke sample1.sh.

To accomplish this with ProcessBuilder, you need to access the builder's environment variables:

ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder("/home/abhijeet/sample1.sh");
pb2.environment().put("param1", "abc");
pb2.environment().put("param2", "xyz");
Process script_exec = pb2.start();

As an alternative, the command that you're trying to run uses shell syntax, so you could pass it to a shell to execute it:

ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder(
    "/bin/sh",
    "-c",
    "param1=abc param2=xyz /home/abhijeet/sample1.sh");
Process script_exec = pb2.start();

One option is to handle ~ yourself:

String homeDir = System.getenv("HOME");
String[] cmd = { homeDir + "/path/to/shellscript.sh", "foo", "bar" };
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

Another is to let Bash handle it for you:

String[] cmd = { "bash", "-c", "~/path/to/shellscript.sh foo bar" };
Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

"(actually it's "ls" but it should work exactly the same way)"

No, it is not. Because the 'ls' process returns immediately after its call. Your omixplayer at the other hand is interactive and will accept commands at runtime.

What you have to do:

• create a class which implements Runnable and let this class read from the prs.getInputStream(). You will need this because the .read() will block and wait for new data to read.

• get the OutputStream of the Process object (prs.getOutputStream()). Everything you write to the OutputStream will be read from your omixplayer. Don't forget to flush the OutputStream and every command needs an "\n" at the end to be executed.

Like that:

public class TestMain {
    public static void main(String a[]) throws InterruptedException {

        List<String> commands = new ArrayList<String>();
        commands.add("telnet");
        commands.add("www.google.com");
        commands.add("80");
        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(commands);
        pb.redirectErrorStream(true);
        try {

            Process prs = pb.start();
            Thread inThread = new Thread(new In(prs.getInputStream()));
            inThread.start();
            Thread.sleep(2000);
            OutputStream writeTo = prs.getOutputStream();
            writeTo.write("oops\n".getBytes());
            writeTo.flush();
            writeTo.close();

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

class In implements Runnable {
    private InputStream is;

    public In(InputStream is) {
        this.is = is;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        byte[] b = new byte[1024];
        int size = 0;
        try {
            while ((size = is.read(b)) != -1) {
                System.err.println(new String(b));
            }
            is.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

P.S.: Keep in mind this example is quick an dirty.

Use ProcessBuilder , it's what it's designed for, to make your life easier

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("test.sh", "/path", "/my/text file");
Process p = pb.start();

You can try this:

 ProcessBuilder pb2=new ProcessBuilder("/home/abhijeet/sample1.sh --ip=abc.txt --seqs=20");
 Process script_exec = pb2.start();
 OutputStream in = script_exec.getOutputStream();
 in.write("abc".getBytes());
 in.write("1".getBytes());
 in.write("10".getBytes());
 in.flush();
 in.close();

This code writes abc, 1 and 10 to process input.