Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static String getCurrentScheduler() { File iofile = new File("/sys/block/mmcblk0/queue/scheduler"); String s = ""; FileInputStream fin2 = null; try { fin2 = new FileInputStream(iofile); byte fileContent[] = new byte[(int) iofile.length()]; fin2.read(fileContent); s = new String(fileContent).trim().split("\n")[0]; } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { //System.out.println("File not found" + e); } catch (IOException ioe) { //System.out.println("Exception while reading file " + ioe); } finally { try { if (fin2 != null) { fin2.close(); } } catch (IOException ioe) { //System.out.println("Error while closing stream: " + ioe); } } int bropen = s.indexOf("["); int brclose = s.lastIndexOf("]"); return s.substring(bropen + 1, brclose); } }