Java tutorial
import java.io.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { try { byte[] b1 = { 1, 2, 3 }; byte[] b2 = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 }; RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile("c:/test.txt", "rw"); // write something in the file raf.writeUTF("Hello World from java2s.com"); // set the file pointer at 0 position raf.seek(0); // read 2 bytes, starting from 1 System.out.println(raf.read(b1, 1, 2)); // set the file pointer at 0 position raf.seek(0); // read 3 bytes, starting from 4rth System.out.println(raf.read(b2, 4, 3)); raf.close(); } catch (IOException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }