$ java -Xmx128m LongLineDemo line long.txt mode=line -Xmx128 MB OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space $ java -Xmx128m LongLineDemo chunks long.txt mode=chunks -Xmx128 MB read(char[]) processed 200,000,071 chars, 2,739,727 commas, never holding more than 8192 chars