Java tutorial
import java.io.RandomAccessFile; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { RandomAccessFile fh1 = new RandomAccessFile("a.txt", "r"); RandomAccessFile fh2 = new RandomAccessFile("b.txt", "r"); long filesize1 = fh1.length(); long filesize2 = fh2.length(); // allocate two buffers large enough to hold entire files int bufsize = (int) Math.min(filesize1, filesize2); byte[] buffer1 = new byte[bufsize]; byte[] buffer2 = new byte[bufsize]; fh1.readFully(buffer1, 0, bufsize); fh2.readFully(buffer2, 0, bufsize); for (int i = 0; i < bufsize; i++) { if (buffer1[i] != buffer2[i]) { System.out.println("Files differ at offset " + i); break; } } fh1.close(); fh2.close(); } }