read a file by line
* this code is untested, and was taken from here
package MyProject import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; /** * This program reads a text file line by line and print to the console. It uses * FileOutputStream to read the file. * */ public class FileInput { public static void main(String[] args) { File file = new File("C:\\MyFile.txt"); FileInputStream fis = null; BufferedInputStream bis = null; DataInputStream dis = null; try { fis = new FileInputStream(file); // Here BufferedInputStream is added for fast reading. bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis); dis = new DataInputStream(bis); // dis.available() returns 0 if the file does not have more lines. while (dis.available() != 0) { // this statement reads the line from the file and print it to // the console. System.out.println(dis.readLine()); } // dispose all the resources after using them. fis.close(); bis.close(); dis.close(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }