Java I/O How to - Skip n bytes while reading the file

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Question

We would like to know how to skip n bytes while reading the file.

Answer

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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);
    }
  }
}

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