import java.util.Hashtable; import java.util.Enumeration; ... class myHash { void method() throws IOException { String str, name; StringTokenizer line; RandomAccessFile fp = new RandomAccessFile("/etc/passwd", "r"); Hashtable hash = new Hashtable(5); while ((str = fp.readLine()) != null) { line = new StringTokenizer(str, ":"); name = line.nextToken(); hash.put(name, str); } System.out.println("Size : " + hash.size()); Enumeration step = hash.elements(); while (step.hasMoreElements()) { str = (String) step.nextElement(); System.out.println(str); } str = (String) hash.get("chris"); System.out.println(); System.out.println(str); } }