// The RE pattern
Pattern patt = Pattern.compile("[A-Za-z][a-z]+");
// A FileReader (see the I/O chapter)
BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(args[0]));
// For each line of input, try matching in it.
String line;
while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) {
// For each match in the line, extract and print it.
Matcher m = patt.matcher(line);
while (m.find()) {
// Simplest method:
// System.out.println(m.group(0));
// Get the starting position of the text
int start = m.start(0);
// Get ending position
int end = m.end(0);
// Print whatever matched.
// Use CharacterIterator.substring(offset, end);
System.out.println(line.substring(start, end));
}
}