public class FileExample3 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        BufferedReader br = null;
        FileReader fr = null;

        try {

            fr = new FileReader("filename.txt");
            br = new BufferedReader(fr);

            // read line by line
            String line;
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(line);
            }

        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.format("IOException: %s%n", e);
        } finally {
            try {
                if (br != null)
                    br.close();

                if (fr != null)
                    fr.close();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                System.err.format("IOException: %s%n", ex);
            }
        }
    }
}