There are a couple of classes in java.io that implement an unread() method. If you can use one of these classes to handle your file input, that will do it -- if none of these will do what you want, you may have to roll your own class, but these may at least suggest how you might do that. David Gillett -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PCBUILD] java From: Jacob Smith <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, March 01, 2015 1:00 pm To: [log in to unmask] I'm writing a java program, and would like to move the file pointer back one character, is there a way to do this? PCSOFT's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>