Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.LinkedList; import android.util.Log; public class Main { private static String TAG = "DEFAC[Helpers]"; /** * * @param aFile * @return */ public static String getLastLines(String filename, int number) { File aFile = new File(filename); StringBuilder contents = new StringBuilder(); LinkedList<String> ll = new LinkedList<String>(); try { BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(aFile)); try { String line = null; while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) { ll.add(line); } } finally { input.close(); } } catch (IOException ex) { Log.e(TAG, ex.getMessage()); } if ((ll.size() - number) <= 0) { Log.e(TAG, "Requested number of lines exceeds lines of file"); return "Requested number of lines exceeds lines of file"; } for (int i = (ll.size() - 1); i >= (ll.size() - number); i--) { contents.append(ll.get(i - 1)); contents.append("\n"); } return contents.toString(); } }