import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; /** * Reads a file line by line, processing each line. * * @author $Author$ * @version $Revision$ */ public class ReadFileByLines { private static void processLine(int lineNo, String line) { // ... } public static void main(String[] args) { for (String filename : args) { BufferedReader br = null; FileReader fr = null; try { fr = new FileReader(filename); br = new BufferedReader(fr); String line; int lineNo = 0; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { processLine(++lineNo, line); } } catch (Exception x) { x.printStackTrace(); } finally { if (fr != null) { try {br.close();} catch (Exception ignoreMe) {} try {fr.close();} catch (Exception ignoreMe) {} } } } } }