Read file character by character : FileInputStream « File « Java Tutorial






import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    File file = new File(args[0]);
    if (!file.exists()) {
      System.out.println(args[0] + " does not exist.");
      return;
    }
    if (!(file.isFile() && file.canRead())) {
      System.out.println(file.getName() + " cannot be read from.");
      return;
    }
    try {
      FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
      char current;
      while (fis.available() > 0) {
        current = (char) fis.read();
        System.out.print(current);
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}








11.8.FileInputStream
11.8.1.FileInputStream
11.8.2.Create FileInputStream and read, display data
11.8.3.Getting FileChannel from FileInputStream
11.8.4.Creating File Input Streams from file name
11.8.5.Creating FileInputStream from File object
11.8.6.Using a FileDescriptor from getFD() and creating a FileInputStream from FileDescriptor
11.8.7.Constructing FileInputStream to read from a Text File
11.8.8.Skip n bytes while reading the file using FileInputStream
11.8.9.Copy a file with read(byte[] data) and write(byte[] data)
11.8.10.Reading a Binary File
11.8.11.Reading Mixed Data from a File
11.8.12.Read one byte from a file
11.8.13.Read file character by character
11.8.14.Reading a File into a Byte Array: reads the entire contents of a file into a byte array
11.8.15.Read bytes and display their hexadecimal values.
11.8.16.Reading UTF-8 Encoded Data
11.8.17.Reading into a Large Buffer through FileChannel
11.8.18.Display file contents in hexadecimal