BufferedReader buf = new BufferedReader (new FileReader ("User Data/Master List.txt"));
            while ((currentLine = buf.readLine ()) != null)
            {
                filedata += currentLine;
                StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer (filedata);
                while (st.hasMoreTokens ())
                {
                    str = st.nextToken ();
                    asd = str;
                }
            }
            buf.close ();

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class SearchFile{
	
	public SearchFile(String txt, String file){
		
		int count = 0; // count how many times the word apears
			
		String currentLine;
		try{
			BufferedReader bfr = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
			while ((currentLine = bfr.readLine ()) != null){
				//take one line at a time and split it in words
        	StringTokenizer str = new StringTokenizer(currentLine);
        		while (str.hasMoreElements()){
        			String element = str.nextToken();
        			//see for every element if it's the one you're searching for.
        			if(txt.equalsIgnoreCase(element)){
        				count++;
        			}
				}
			}
		System.out.println("Word found "+count+" times");

		}catch(IOException e){
			e.printStackTrace();
		}		
	}	
}
class MainSearch{
	public static void main(String[] args){
		SearchFile srch= new SearchFile("Romy","file.txt");
	}
}

	public String stripHTMLTags( String message ) {
    	StringBuffer returnMessage = new StringBuffer(message);
	    int startPosition = message.indexOf("<"); // encountered the first opening brace
    	int endPosition = message.indexOf(">"); // encountered the first closing braces
	    while( startPosition != -1 ) {
    	  	returnMessage.delete( startPosition, endPosition+1 ); // remove the tag
      		startPosition = (returnMessage.toString()).indexOf("<"); // look for the next opening brace
      		endPosition = (returnMessage.toString()).indexOf(">"); // look for the next closing brace
    	}
    	return returnMessage.toString();
  	}