import java.io.*; File f = new File( basedir, "child/target/child-1-src/test.txt" ); if ( !f.exists() ) { System.out.println( "Filtered file from file-set: " + f + " is missing." ); return false; } StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); FileReader reader = new FileReader( f ); char[] cbuf = new char[16]; int read = -1; while( ( read = reader.read( cbuf ) ) > -1 ) { sb.append( cbuf, 0, read ); } reader.close(); System.out.println( "Contents of test.txt: '" + sb.toString() + "' should contain the windows newline: '\\n'." ); return sb.toString().indexOf( "1\nchild" ) > -1;