http://lucene.apache.org/java/3_0_3/demo.html
First, create three one line text files to index and search. The image below shows the files and contents that I used for this demo.
Now index the files by typing 'java org.apache.lucene.demo.IndexFiles' followed by the files that you want to index. In the image below you see that I indexed the directory ./testDocs/:
Finally, here are some example searches against the index that show one, two, or no results based the query that was issued. To issue a query type 'java org.apache.lucene.demo.SearchFiles' and then enter what you want to search for.