Reading String in JAVA from command line

Reading in string input from the command line in Java

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import java.io.*;

public class StringReader
{

public static void main (String[] args)
{

System.out.println("Type some text and press 'Enter.'");

String string = "";
InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);

// read in user input

try
{

string = reader.readLine();

}
catch(Exception e){}
System.out.println("You typed: " + string);

// wait for user to type 'Enter' so console window won't dissapear

System.out.println("Type 'Enter' to exit.");

try
{

string = reader.readLine();

}
catch(Exception e){e.PrintStackTrace();}

}

}

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