How to access file that have space character in it's name in using java?

Question

I'm not able to access files with spaces in its name.

My Code:

String fileName = "This is my file.txt";
String path = "/home/myUsername/folder/";
String filePath = path + filename;
f = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filePath));

I'm getting FileNotFoundException

Please read through this while adding a new question https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask — Mohamed Nageh, Dec 17 '19 at 10:48
Also, remember that linux filesystems are usually (always?) case-sensitive, so `"This is my file.txt"` is different from `"This is My File.txt"`. — Federico klez Culloca, Dec 17 '19 at 11:28
Possible duplicate of [Accessing files with spaces in filename from Java](https://stackoverflow.com/q/5358850/608639), [Read file with whitespace in its path using Java](https://stackoverflow.com/q/9128288/608639), and friends. — jww, Dec 17 '19 at 11:28
dude, I have just written a code and checked it. I think your file path is wrong. — Qazi Fahim Farhan, Dec 17 '19 at 11:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '19 at 13:01

First thing there is a typo in parameter fileName:

String **fileName** = "This is my file.txt";
    String filePath = path + **filename**;

Here is the updated code with your example:

  String fileName = "This is my file.txt";
            String path = File.separator + "home" + File.separator + "myUsername" + File.separator + "folder" + File.separator;
            String filePath = path + fileName;
            BufferedInputStream f = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filePath));

I am able to read the file with spaces in file name.

Using File.separator we let the code to replace the file separator based on OS.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '19 at 12:02

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class AccessMyFile {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        File file = new File("/home/This is my file.txt");
        System.out.println(file.exists());//true
        System.out.println(file.isFile());//true
        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
        while(bis.available()>0) {
            System.out.print((char)bis.read());
        }
    }//main
}//class

File: /home/This is my file.txt

Output:

hello world

Use java.io.File for checking if exists or not. Then you know your code is working or not.

How to access file that have space character in it's name in using java?

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