get file content at given position : file pointer « File Stream « C++ Tutorial

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2. File Stream
3. file pointer

#include <iostream>    
#include <fstream>   
#include <stdlib.h>   
using namespace std;
main(int argc, char *argv[])   
{   
  char ch;   
     
  if(argc!=3) {   
    cout << "Usage: NAME <filename> <starting location>\n";   
    return 1;   
  }   
     
  ifstream in(argv[1]);   
  if(!in) {   
    cout << "Cannot open file";   
    return 1;   
  }   
     
  in.seekg(atoi(argv[2]), ios::beg);   
     
  while(in.get(ch))   
    cout << ch;   
     
  return 0;   
}