apply plugin: "java" apply plugin: "application" description = "Gradle Command Line Arguments examples" ext.javaMainClass = "com.baeldung.cmd.MainClass" application { mainClassName = javaMainClass } sourceCompatibility = "1.8" targetCompatibility = "1.8" task propertyTypes(){ doLast{ if (project.hasProperty("args")) { println "Our input argument with project property ["+project.getProperty("args")+"]" } println "Our input argument with system property ["+System.getProperty("args")+"]" } } if (project.hasProperty("args")) { ext.cmdargs = project.getProperty("args") } else { ext.cmdargs = "ls" } task cmdLineJavaExec(type: JavaExec) { group = "Execution" description = "Run the main class with JavaExecTask" classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath main = javaMainClass args cmdargs.split() } task cmdLineExec(type: Exec) { group = "Execution" description = "Run an external program with ExecTask" commandLine cmdargs.split() }