How to read from standard input : Console Read « Development « Java Tutorial

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    String s;
    while ((s = in.readLine()) != null && s.length() != 0)
      System.out.println(s);
    // An empty line or Ctrl-Z terminates the program
  }
}