How to read last 5 lines of a .txt file into java

Question

I have a text file that consists of several entries such as:

hello
there
my
name
is
JoeBloggs

How would I read the last five entries in des

Answer 1

If all it really does have to do is print last 5 lines:

        ArrayList lines = new ArrayList();

        String tmp="";
        while ((tmp = br.readLine()) != null) {
            lines.add(tmp);
        }
        for (int i = lines.size()-5; i < lines.size(); i++) {
            System.out.println(lines.get(i-1));
        }