{"id":5776,"date":"2024-03-14T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-java-read-file-contents-line-by-line\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:30:51","slug":"how-can-java-read-file-contents-line-by-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-java-read-file-contents-line-by-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Read File Line by Line: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Java, we can use the BufferedReader class to read the contents of a file line by line. Here is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.BufferedReader;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.FileReader;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> java.io.IOException;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">ReadFileLineByLine<\/span> {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">public<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">main<\/span><span class=\"hljs-params\">(String[] args)<\/span> {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">try<\/span> {\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-type\">BufferedReader<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-variable\">reader<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">BufferedReader<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">new<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">FileReader<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"example.txt\"<\/span>));\r\n            String line;\r\n            <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">while<\/span> ((line = reader.readLine()) != <span class=\"hljs-literal\">null<\/span>) {\r\n                System.out.println(line);\r\n            }\r\n            reader.close();\r\n        } <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">catch<\/span> (IOException e) {\r\n            e.printStackTrace();\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, we begin by creating a BufferedReader object and passing in a FileReader object to read a file. 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