Java – How to display all System properties

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In Java, you can use System.getProperties() to get all the system properties. 


	Properties properties = System.getProperties();
	properties.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + ":" + v)); // Java 8

1. Example

DisplayApp.java

package com.mkyong.display;

import java.util.Properties;

public class DisplayApp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Properties properties = System.getProperties();
        // Java 8
        properties.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + ":" + v));

        // Classic way to loop a map
        //for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : properties.entrySet()) {
        //    System.out.println(entry.getKey() + " : " + entry.getValue());
        //}

        // No good, output is truncated, long lines end with ...
        //properties.list(System.out);
        
    }

}

Output


sun.desktop:windows
awt.toolkit:sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
java.specification.version:10
file.encoding.pkg:sun.io
sun.cpu.isalist:amd64
sun.jnu.encoding:Cp1252
java.class.path:D:\maven-examples\maven-profiles\target\classes;
java.vm.vendor:"Oracle Corporation"
sun.arch.data.model:64
user.variant:
java.vendor.url:http://java.oracle.com/
user.timezone:
os.name:Windows 10
java.vm.specification.version:10
sun.java.launcher:SUN_STANDARD
user.country:MY
sun.boot.library.path:C:\opt\Java\jdk-10\bin
sun.java.command:com.mkyong.password.DisplayApp
jdk.debug:release
sun.cpu.endian:little
user.home:C:\Users\mkyong
user.language:en
java.specification.vendor:Oracle Corporation
java.version.date:2018-04-17
java.home:C:\opt\Java\jdk-10
file.separator:\
java.vm.compressedOopsMode:Zero based
line.separator:

java.specification.name:Java Platform API Specification
java.vm.specification.vendor:Oracle Corporation
java.awt.graphicsenv:sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
user.script:
sun.management.compiler:HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
java.runtime.version:10.0.1+10
user.name:mkyong
path.separator:;
os.version:10.0
java.runtime.name:Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
file.encoding:UTF-8
java.vm.name:Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
java.vendor.version:18.3
java.vendor.url.bug:http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/
java.io.tmpdir:C:\Users\mkyong\AppData\Local\Temp\
java.version:10.0.1
user.dir:D:\maven-examples\maven-profiles
os.arch:amd64
java.vm.specification.name:Java Virtual Machine Specification
java.awt.printerjob:sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
sun.os.patch.level:
java.library.path:C:\opt\Java\jdk-10\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;
java.vendor:Oracle Corporation
java.vm.info:mixed mode
java.vm.version:10.0.1+10
sun.io.unicode.encoding:UnicodeLittle
java.class.version:54.0

Process finished with exit code 0

2. Sorting

Example to display all the system properties in Alphabetical order.

DisplayApp.java

package com.mkyong.display;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class DisplayApp {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Properties properties = System.getProperties();
       
		// Thanks Java 8
        LinkedHashMap<String, String> collect = properties.entrySet().stream()
                .collect(Collectors.toMap(k -> (String) k.getKey(), e -> (String) e.getValue()))
                .entrySet().stream().sorted(Map.Entry.comparingByKey())
                .collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue,
                        (oldValue, newValue) -> oldValue, LinkedHashMap::new));

        collect.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + ":" + v));

    }

}

Output


awt.toolkit:sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
file.encoding:UTF-8
file.encoding.pkg:sun.io
file.separator:\
java.awt.graphicsenv:sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
java.awt.printerjob:sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob

//...

sun.cpu.endian:little
sun.cpu.isalist:amd64
sun.desktop:windows
sun.io.unicode.encoding:UnicodeLittle
sun.java.command:com.mkyong.password.DisplayApp
sun.java.launcher:SUN_STANDARD
sun.jnu.encoding:Cp1252
sun.management.compiler:HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
sun.os.patch.level:
user.country:MY
user.dir:D:\maven-examples\maven-profiles
user.home:C:\Users\mkyong
user.language:en
user.name:mkyong
user.script:
user.timezone:
user.variant:

References

  1. Oracle doc – System Properties
  2. Java Properties file examples
  3. Java 8 – How to sort a Map
  4. Java – How to display all Environment variable

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Nitin Patel
6 years ago

May be a little more simpler solution for #2 Sorting example:
SortedMap sortedMap = new TreeMap();
properties.entrySet().stream().forEach(entry -> sortedMap.put(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue().toString()));
sortedMap.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + “:” + v));

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Eric Wadsworth
12 years ago

This output is truncated, though. Some lines end in “…” instead of the rest of that property. Not so useful.

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mkyong
7 years ago
Reply to  Eric Wadsworth

Article is updated, use below code to print the complete lines.

properties.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + “:” + v));

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Dan Howard
2 years ago

Here’s a much simpler away to sort:

TreeMap map = new TreeMap(properties);
map.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + ” = ” + v));

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Kisna
11 years ago

Prefer the -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal way!

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Bob
12 years ago

Hi,

just wanted to say that I like your blog.

I’m not a coder, I’m an infrastructure guy and I found your posts very useful for Java tips which I need for a JMX monitoring tool that I’m writing.

Keep up the good work.

Regards,
Bob

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Nishant Sonar
11 years ago
Reply to  Bob

Hi Bob

Did you write JMX bean for the system propertieS?

Regards
Nishant

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