Command Line Pipe Input in Java

Question

Here is a simple piece of code:

import java.io.*;
public class Read {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
     BufferedReader f = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
  while(true)
  {
   String x = null;
   try{
    x = f.readLine();
   }
   catch (IOException e) {e.printStackTrace();}
   System.out.println(x);
  }
 }
}

I execute this as : java Read < input.txt

Once the input.txt is completely piped into the program, x keeps getting infinite nulls. Why is that so? Is there a way by which I can make the Standard In(Command Line) active after the file being fed into the code is done? I've tried closing the stream and reopening, it doesn't work. Reset etc also.

Answer 1

You need to terminate your while loop when the line is null, like this:

    BufferedReader in = null;
    try {
        in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String line;
        while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
            System.out.println(line);
        }
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
        logger.error("IOException reading System.in", e);
        throw e;
    }
    finally {
        if (in != null) {
            in.close();
        }
    }