Looks like Java appends to %path% its own paths. Nothing else.

If you're using Java 8, you can use StringJoiner.

/**
 * JEcho writes any command line argument to the standard output; each argument
 * is separated by a single whitespace and end with a newline (you can
 * specify '-n' to suppress the newline).
 *
 * This program doesn't interpret common backslash-escaped characters (for
 * exampe '\n' or '\c').
 */
public class JEcho {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        boolean printNewline = true;
        int posArgs = 0;

        if (args.length > 0 && args[0].equals("-n")) {
                printNewline = false;
                posArgs = 1;
        }

        StringJoiner outputBuilder = new StringJoiner(" ");

        for (; posArgs < args.length; posArgs++) {
            outputBuilder.add(args[posArgs]);
        }

        String output = outputBuilder.toString();

        if (printNewline)
            System.out.println(output);
        else
            System.out.print(output);
    }
}