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How to delete given file in Java?
package com.javamultiplex.filehandling;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
* @author Rohit Agarwal
* @category File Handling
* @problem How to delete given file in Java?
*
*/
public class DeleteFile {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Scanner input = null;
try {
input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter file name with extension : ");
String fileName = input.nextLine();
if (isValidFileName(fileName)) {
// file is present in current working directory.
File file = new File(fileName);
if (file.exists()) {
boolean deleted = file.delete();
if (deleted) {
System.out.println("File is deleted successfully.");
} else {
System.out.println("Some error occured. Try again!!");
}
} else {
System.out.println("File is not present in current directory.");
}
} else {
System.out.println("File name is not valid.");
}
} finally {
if (input != null) {
input.close();
}
}
}
private static boolean isValidFileName(String fileName) {
// Regular expression that checks whether given file name is valid or
// not.
String pattern = "^.+\\..+$";
boolean result = false;
if (fileName.matches(pattern)) {
result = true;
}
return result;
}
}
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