FileOutputStream writer = new FileOutputStream("output.txt"); Scanner scanner = new Scanner(Test.class.getResourceAsStream("input.txt")); String line; while(scanner.hasNextLine()){ line = scanner.nextLine(); String[] split = line.split(" "); byte[] chars = new byte[split.length]; for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++) chars[i] = (byte) (int) Integer.valueOf(split[i]); writer.write(chars); }