public static void main( String[] args ) { String line=""; FileReader file; BufferedReader reader=null; try { file = new FileReader(args[1]); reader = new BufferedReader(file); }catch(FileNotFoundException e) { System.err.println("File isn't found" + e.getMessage()); System.exit(1); } try { line = reader.readLine(); }catch(IOException ioe) { System.err.println("IO error" + ioe.getMessage()); System.exit(1); } System.out.println(line); }