Java utils.Properties how to ignore char spec

Question

I am editing a notepad cfg.prop file

cfg.prop:

key = value

my code:
    Properties prop = new Properties();
    prop.load(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream("etc/agent.prop"), "UTF-8"));
    System.out.println(prop);

then i see in stdout {? key = val} so that the notepad saves the UTF-8 file with the specification character (efbbbf) how to ignore this character? I am using java6u21

Answer 1

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