public static String loadFileAsString(String filePath) throws java.io.IOException{ StringBuffer fileData = new StringBuffer(1000); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filePath)); char[] buf = new char[1024]; int numRead=0; while((numRead=reader.read(buf)) != -1){ String readData = String.valueOf(buf, 0, numRead); fileData.append(readData); } reader.close(); return fileData.toString(); } /* * Get the STB MacAddress */ public String getMacAddress(){ try { return loadFileAsString("/sys/class/net/eth0/address") .toUpperCase().substring(0, 17); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } }