Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; public class Main { public static final void skipLinesUntil(InputStream br, String ln) throws Exception { String s = readLine(br); while ((s != null) && !s.equals(ln)) { s = readLine(br); } } public static final String readLine(InputStream in) throws IOException { return readLine(in, null); } public static final String readLine(InputStream in, String charset) throws IOException { int rd = in.read(); if (rd == -1) return null; byte r = (byte) rd; int i = 0; int l = 50; byte[] buf = new byte[l]; while (r != '\n') { if (i >= l - 1) { l += 50; byte[] old = buf; buf = new byte[l]; System.arraycopy(old, 0, buf, 0, old.length); } if (r != '\r') buf[i++] = r; rd = in.read(); if (rd == -1) break; r = (byte) rd; } if (charset == null) { return new String(buf, 0, i); } return new String(buf, 0, i, charset); } }