Line by line input via java console

 InputStreamReader converter = new InputStreamReader(System.in); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(converter); String CurLine = ""; // Line read from standard in while (!(CurLine.equals("quit"))){ CurLine = in.readLine(); if (!(CurLine.equals("quit"))){ System.out.println("You typed: " + CurLine); } } 

You need to use Scanner and loop through to ask for multiple times.

For example

Scanner stdin = new Scanner(new BufferedInputStream(System.in)); while (stdin.hasNext()) { //Get input and do your logic. } 

I'm not sure I understand your question but...

 final List<String> inputs = new ArrayList<String>(); final Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { System.out.print("> "); inputs.add(in.next()); } System.out.println(inputs); 

Use the new Console class:

Console console = System.console(); if (console != null) { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(console.reader()); while (scanner.hasNextLine()) { String line = scanner.nextLine(); // Do something with your line } } 

End the input by pressing ^Z (control-Z) followed by ENTER.

It has one caveat and that is that the console can be null inside an IDE. Try it from the command-line and you should be fine:

java path.to.my.MainClass