/*
Skip n bytes while reading the file using FileInputStream
This example shows how to skip n bytes while reading the file using skip method of
Java FileInputStream class.
*/
import java.io.*;
public class SkipBytesReadFile {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create file object
File file = new File("C://FileIO//ReadString.txt");
try
{
//create FileInputStream object
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
int ch;
/*
* To skip n bytes while reading the file, use
* int skip(int nBytes) method of Java FileInputStream class.
*
* This method skip over n bytes of data from stream. This method returns
* actual number of bytes that have been skipped.
*/
//skip first 10 bytes
fin.skip(10);
while( (ch = fin.read()) != -1 )
System.out.print((char) ch);
}
catch(FileNotFoundException e)
{
System.out.println("File not found" + e);
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{
System.out.println("Exception while reading the file " + ioe);
}
}
}
