Count number of words in a file

Programs

package com.candidjava;

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

public class TotalWords
{
	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException
	{
		try
		{
			Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);

			System.out.println("File to be read: ");
			String inputFile = console.next();

			File file = new File(inputFile);
			Scanner a = new Scanner(file);
			int words = 0;
			
			while (a.hasNext())
			{
				a.next();
				words++;
			}
			
			System.out.println("Number of words: " + words);
			
			console.close();
			a.close();
		}
		catch (FileNotFoundException e)
		{
			System.out.print("No file found");
		}
	}
}

Output

File to be read:
D:\b.txt
Number of words: 6

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