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public static void main(String[] args) {
LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<>();//declare your list
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);//create a scanner
System.out.print("Enter the Nbr of element : ");
int nbr = scan.nextInt();//read the number of element
scan.nextLine();
do {
list.add(scan.nextLine());//read and insert into your list in one shot
nbr--;//decrement the index
} while (nbr > 0);//repeat until the index will be 0
scan.close();//close your scanner
System.out.println(list);//print your list
}