title: Reading the content of outpustream
body: <p>I have the following code in java that calls the date command in the command prompt:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// prepare command prompt runtime and process
  Runtime runtime = null;
  Process process = null;
  
  // prepare output stream
  OutputStream outputStream = null;
  
  try {
     runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); // instantiate runtime object
     process = runtime.exec("date"); // get the current date in command prompt
  
     // read the output of executing date command
     outputStream = process.getOutputStream();
  
     // output the date response
     System.out.println(outputStream);
  
     process.waitFor(); // wait for the date command to finish
  } catch(Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
  } // end catch
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I read the outputStream value for me to be able to use the System.output.println()</p>