Java tutorial
import java.io.FileDescriptor; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(FileDescriptor.in); // skip bytes from file input stream fis.skip(4); // read bytes from this stream int i = fis.read(); // converts integer to character char c = (char) i; System.out.print("Character read: " + c); } }