ant.version = ${ant.version} ant.home = ${ant.home} ant.library.dir = ${ant.library.dir} ant.java.version = ${ant.java.version} import java.io.*; public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { System.out.println("\nPlease enter some text and hit return:"); String line = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)).readLine(); System.out.println("Text entered = " + line); } }