How to run a .class file in Linux?

Question

I am working in linux. I have a main java file called Main.java and a class file called Person.java.When I run "java Main.java". It outputs this error. How do I fix this?

Main.java:3: error: cannot access Person
        Person person = new Person("A name", 22);
        ^
  bad class file: ./Person.class
    illegal start of class file
    Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
1 error
error: compilation failed

Answer 1

java -cp searchDir classFile