import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { int found=0; try { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("c:\\myfile.txt")); String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { // if (line.contains("CP_NG")) { // found++; // } if (line.matches(".*CP_NG.*")) { found++; } } reader.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println("anzahl treffer:"+found); } }