bash-3.2$ java -ver
Unrecognized option: -ver
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. The program will exit.
bash-3.2$
If you are trying to check the Java version on Mac OS X (Lion, Mavericks or Yosemite) and you get the above error message then it may be so that you are specifying the command wrong, let's try java -help
bash-3.2$ java -help
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
(to execute a class)
or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
(to execute a jar file)
where options include:
-d32 use a 32-bit data model if available
-d64 use a 64-bit data model if available
-server to select the "server" VM
The default VM is a server,
because you are running on a server-class machine.
-cp
-classpath
A : separated list of directories, JAR archives,
and ZIP archives to search for class files.
-D=
set a system property
-verbose:[class|gc|jni]
enable verbose output
-version print product version and exit
-version:
require the specified version to run
-showversion print product version and continue
-jre-restrict-search | -no-jre-restrict-search
include/exclude user private JREs in the version search
-? -help print this help message
-X print help on non-standard options
-ea[:...|:]
-enableassertions[:...|:]
enable assertions with specified granularity
-da[:...|:]
-disableassertions[:...|:]
disable assertions with specified granularity
-esa | -enablesystemassertions
enable system assertions
-dsa | -disablesystemassertions
disable system assertions
-agentlib:[=]
load native agent library , e.g. -agentlib:hprof
see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help
-agentpath:[=]
load native agent library by full pathname
-javaagent:[=]
load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
-splash:
show splash screen with specified image
so the correct argument to check java version is -version
Solution:bash-3.2$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode)
bash-3.2$
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