Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FilterInputStream; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { byte[] buffer = new byte[6]; // create input streams InputStream is = new FileInputStream("C://test.txt"); FilterInputStream fis = new BufferedInputStream(is); // returns number of bytes read to buffer int i = fis.read(buffer); // prints System.out.println("Number of bytes read: " + i); // for each byte in buffer for (byte b : buffer) { // converts byte to character char c = (char) b; System.out.println("Character read: " + c); } } }