public static void readAsString() { String lCurentDir = System.getProperty("user.dir")+"/test.txt"; FileReader fr; try { fr = new FileReader(lCurentDir); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr); String s=""; s=br.readLine(); System.out.println(s); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } }