I have a file I want to locate a word within the file and then erase that word without erasing the rest of the file. So far all I can get out of this is to read in each character until I find the characters in the order I need and then I know the location of the word and where I need to delete. Unfortunatly I do not know how to go back into the file and delete just the specific characters I want to delete...I need to do this in Java. Any suggestions Ben _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/