We can use StreamReader to read text files. The following code snippet reads a file and writes on the console line by line.
string fileName = @"C:\Mahesh\McTextFile.txt";
// Read a text file using StreamReader
using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(fileName))
{
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(line);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("StreamReader Done");
Console.WriteLine("========================");
Another approach is to use File.OpenText method and read a text file.
// Read using File.OpenText
if (System.IO.File.Exists(fileName))
{
using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = System.IO.File.OpenText(fileName))
{
String input;
while ((input = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(input);
}
Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("File not found");
}
Console.WriteLine("File.Opentext Done - Neel wrote it");
Console.ReadKey();
