FileReader in = null;
    try {
        in = new FileReader(dir);
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(in);
        String line;
        int lineNum = 1;
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            verifyLine(line,lineNum);
            lineNum++;
        }

    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }