Parsing Argument Values

[vipvan2000]

Java Gurus,
Need some help here

We use command line scripts to pass values like

java submit <input_file=test1> <output_dir=dir_name>

I have a need to pass the argument values to another program. How do I parse these values.
Sorry if it was asked earlier but I am a little new to Java.

Thanks in advance

[hardwired]

Code:

import java.util.Arrays;

public class Test {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // <input_file=test1> <output_dir=dir_name>
        // The vm didn't like a left bracket so I did this:
        // java Test "<input_file=test1> <output_dir=dir_name>"
        System.out.printf("args = %s%n", Arrays.toString(args));
        String inputPath = "", outputPath = "";
        String[] s = args[0].split("\\s");
        System.out.printf("s = %s%n", Arrays.toString(s));
        if(s.length == 2) {
            inputPath = parse(s[0]);
            outputPath = parse(s[1]);
        }
        System.out.println("inputPath  = " + inputPath);
        System.out.println("outputPath = " + outputPath);
    }

    private static String parse(String s) {
        int start = s.indexOf("=")+1;
        int end = s.indexOf(">");
        return s.substring(start, end);
    }
}