Java IO Tutorial - Java RandomAccessFile .skipBytes (int n)

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Syntax

RandomAccessFile.skipBytes(int n) has the following syntax.

public int skipBytes(int n)  throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use RandomAccessFile.skipBytes(int n) method.

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import java.io.*;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
      try {
         
         RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile("c:/test.txt", "rw");

         raf.writeUTF("Hello World from java2s.com");

         // set the file pointer at 0 position
         raf.seek(0);

         // print the string
         System.out.println(raf.readUTF());

         // set the file pointer at 0 position
         raf.seek(0);

         // attempt to skip 10 bytes
         System.out.println(raf.skipBytes(10));

         System.out.println(raf.readLine());

         // set the file pointer to position 8
         raf.seek(8);

         // attempt to skip 10 more bytes
         System.out.println(raf.skipBytes(10));
         raf.close();
      } catch (IOException ex) {
         ex.printStackTrace();
      }

   }
}

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