import java.io.*;

public class DiscardProcessOutput {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // Create the ProcessBuilder with the command to run
            ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder("someCommand");

            // Merge stdout and stderr and redirect them to /dev/null (or NUL in Windows)
            processBuilder.redirectErrorStream(true);
            if (System.getProperty("os.name").contains("Windows")) {
                processBuilder.redirectOutput(new File("NUL"));
            } else {
                processBuilder.redirectOutput(new File("/dev/null"));
            }

            // Start the process
            Process process = processBuilder.start();

            // Wait for the process to finish
            int exitCode = process.waitFor();
            System.out.println("Process exited with code: " + exitCode);

        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}