How to find Java HOME in Mac Terminal

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In order to know the Java HOME Path on your Mac, you can execute the java_home command-line utility available on macOS under /usr/libexec/

Example:

Code2care@Mac % /usr/libexec/java_home 

/Users/c2ctech/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-20/Contents/Home

As you can see that my Java HOME is set to be that of OpenJDK-20 (i.e. Java JDK 20)

Using this path you can get into the bin folder and have access to the path of all java related executable files.

 Code2care@Mac % cd bin

 Code2care@Mac % ls

jar		jcmd		jhsdb		jpackage	jstatd
jarsigner	jconsole	jimage		jps		jwebserver
java		jdb		jinfo		jrunscript	keytool
javac		jdeprscan	jlink		jshell		rmiregistry
javadoc		jdeps		jmap		jstack		serialver
javap		jfr		jmod		jstat

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