Ciao; puoi anche provare:

codice:
        File f = new File( "C:/temp/prova.txt" );
        try {
            BufferedReader buff = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f));
            String line = null;
            int count = 0;
            while( ( line = buff.readLine() ) != null ){
                
               StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( line, "***" );
               while( st.hasMoreTokens() && (count == 0) ){
                   
                   System.out.println( st.nextToken() );
                   count++;
               }
               count = 0;
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }