Java IO Tutorial - Java FileInputStream.skip(long n)

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Syntax

FileInputStream.skip(long n) has the following syntax.

public long skip(long n)  throws IOException

Example

In the following code shows how to use FileInputStream.skip(long n) method.

//  w ww.j av a  2s.  c  o m
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("C://test.txt");

    // 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);
  }
}

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