Skip n bytes while reading the file using FileInputStream
import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { File file = new File("C:/String.txt"); FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file); int ch; // skip first 10 bytes fin.skip(10); while ((ch = fin.read()) != -1){ System.out.print((char) ch); } } }