$ java -Xmx64m ReadAllFail readAllLines medium.log OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space $ java -Xmx64m ReadAllFail readString medium.log OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space $ java -Xmx64m ReadAllFail readAllBytes medium.log OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space $ java -Xmx64m ReadAllFail readAllLines big.log OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space $ java -Xmx64m ReadAllFail readString big.log OutOfMemoryError: Required array size too large $ java -Xmx64m ReadAllFail readAllBytes big.log OutOfMemoryError: Required array size too large How much heap does the 200 MB file need? (readAllLines, then readString) readAllLines -Xmx256m OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space readString -Xmx256m survived: 200000016 chars readAllLines -Xmx512m survived: 1378768 lines readString -Xmx512m survived: 200000016 chars readAllLines -Xmx1g survived: 1378768 lines readString -Xmx1g survived: 200000016 chars readAllLines -Xmx2g survived: 1378768 lines readString -Xmx2g survived: 200000016 chars