#Find a specific .txt file inside a folder

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nocturne gateBOT
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<@&987246883653156906> please have a look, thanks.

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hearty tartan
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        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

        // file path from the files folder rather than putting
        // it to the root folder.
        String filePath = "src/main/java/org/example/files";

        System.out.println("Who would you want to search for?");
        String userInputfileName = sc.nextLine();

        try (Scanner file = new Scanner(Path.of(filePath))) {

            // logic
            // TODO if userInputfilenName is equal to
            //  (.txt file from inside the filePath)
            if (userInputfileName.equals(filePath)) {
                //we read the file until all lines have been read
                while (file.hasNext()) {
                    // we read one line
                    String row = file.nextLine();
                    // we print the line that we read
                    System.out.println(row);
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }

    }```
nocturne gateBOT
# hearty tartan ``` public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner sc = new Scanner(S...

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public static void main(String[] args) {
  Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
  // file path from the files folder rather than putting
  // it to the root folder.
  String filePath = "src/main/java/org/example/files";
  System.out.println("Who would you want to search for?");
  String userInputfileName = sc.nextLine();
  try (Scanner file = new Scanner(Path.of(filePath))) {
    // logic
    // TODO if userInputfilenName is equal to
    //  (.txt file from inside the filePath)
    if (userInputfileName.equals(filePath)) {
      //we read the file until all lines have been read
      while (file.hasNext()) {
        // we read one line
        String row = file.nextLine();
        // we print the line that we read
        System.out.println(row);
      }
    }
  } catch (Exception e) {
    System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
  }
}
jovial badger
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I think the typical logic is just to get the file's name from the user (so in your case song.txt), then to loop over the Files inside the "files" directory and if any such File is named song.txt, to just print out its contents.

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Does that help?

slender lion
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So first, don't put non java files in java folder
Either put them in resources or in the project root or another non project place
Second, if you want to read from java or resources folders, then you must use Class#getResourceAsStream
Third, what are you trying to do by reading a file ?

hearty tartan
slender lion