public class ExecTest {
  static void exec(String cmd) throws Exception {
    Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

    int i;
    while( (i=p.getInputStream().read()) != -1) {
      System.out.write(i);
    }
    while( (i=p.getErrorStream().read()) != -1) {
      System.err.write(i);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    System.out.print("Runtime.exec: ");
    String cmd = new java.util.Scanner(System.in).nextLine();
    exec(cmd);
  }
}

myshell$ javac ExecTest.java && java ExecTest
Runtime.exec: ls -l 'My File.txt'
ls: cannot access 'My: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access File.txt': No such file or directory

myshell$ ls -l 'My File.txt'
-rw-r--r-- 1 me me 4 Aug  2 11:44 My File.txt

// Simple, sloppy fix. May have security and robustness implications
String myFile = "some filename.txt";
String myCommand = "cp -R '" + myFile + "' $HOME 2> errorlog";
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { "bash", "-c", myCommand });

String myFile = "some filename.txt";
ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(
    "cp", "-R", myFile,        // We handle word splitting
       System.getenv("HOME")); // We handle variables
builder.redirectError(         // We set up redirections
    ProcessBuilder.Redirect.to(new File("errorlog")));
builder.start();