# How do I run Processing through a terminal?

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-run-processing-through-a-terminal/46746>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 17, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-run-processing-through-a-terminal/46746 "2025-07-17T08:18:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![MilkJz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MilkJz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MilkJz)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-run-processing-through-a-terminal/46746/1 "2025-07-17T08:18:20Z")

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I read that this can be done by adding the path to processing-java.exe in PATH, but in the new versions of Processing I cannot find processing-java.exe.  
Maybe I don’t understand something, but I tried to find this .exe through Everything and found nothing

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**Author:** ![stefterv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/stefterv/32/21678_2.png) [@stefterv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/stefterv)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-do-i-run-processing-through-a-terminal/46746/2 "2025-07-17T08:20:38Z")

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Hi @MilkJz

With versions \> 4.4.3 you can run the Processing cli with `processing.exe cli` instead of `processing-java.exe` everything else should be the same.

Version 4.4.5 (the current beta) has an additional fix for windows where it will put it on the PATH for you included in the installer.