Java Read text file line by line with BufferedReader - Java File Path IO

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Java Read text file line by line with BufferedReader

Demo Code

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class FileList {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final int assumedLineLength = 50;
        File file = new File(args[0]);
        List<String> fileList = new ArrayList<String>(
                (int) (file.length() / assumedLineLength) * 2);
        BufferedReader reader = null;
        int lineCount = 0;
        try {//  w  w  w. ja  va 2 s  . c om
            reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
            for (String line = reader.readLine(); line != null; line = reader
                    .readLine()) {
                fileList.add(line);
                lineCount++;
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.format("Could not read %s: %s%n", file, e);
            System.exit(1);
        } finally {
            if (reader != null) {
                try {
                    reader.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }
            }
        }
        int repeats = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
        Random random = new Random();
        for (int i = 0; i < repeats; i++) {
            System.out.format("%d: %s%n", i,
                    fileList.get(random.nextInt(lineCount - 1)));
        }
    }
}

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