import java.io.*; try { String javaVersion = System.getProperty( "java.version" ); File a = new File( basedir, "target/parent-1.0-bin/child/a/filtered.txt"); BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(a)); String line = r.readLine(); if ( ! line.endsWith( javaVersion ) ) { System.out.println( "Expected java version: " + javaVersion + "\nLine was: " + line ); return false; } } catch( IOException e ) { e.printStackTrace(); } return true;