[adamm@pepsi java_vs_perl]$ javac X.java [adamm@pepsi java_vs_perl]$ dd if=/dev/zero of=ten_meg_file__2.txt seek=10 count=1 bs=1M 1+0 records in 1+0 records out [adamm@pepsi java_vs_perl]$ java X ten_meg_file__2.txt out__2 Time = 1205 Buf Time = 815 [adamm@pepsi java_vs_perl]$ java X ten_meg_file__2.txt out__2 Time = 722 Buf Time = 838 [adamm@pepsi java_vs_perl]$ java X ten_meg_file__2.txt out__2 Time = 814 Buf Time = 779