The ignore( ) Function
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> using namespace std; int main() { ifstream in("test"); if(!in) { cout << "Cannot open file.\n"; return 1; } in.ignore(10, ' '); // Ignore up to 10 characters or until first space is found. char c; while(in) { in.get(c); if(in) cout << c; } in.close(); return 0; }