Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; class Main { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { FileReader fr = new FileReader(args[0]); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr); // Process lines from file String line; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { char array[] = line.toCharArray(); System.out.print(array[0]); } } }