Java tutorial
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(); } } }