Reading a file (use a StreamReader)

if (File.Exists(path))
               {
                   using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path))
                   {
                       while (sr.Peek() >= 0)
                       {
                           string line = sr.ReadLine();
                       }
                   }
               }


 

Fastest way to read a file (Reading a large file) – Use BufferedStream

Using (FileStream fs = File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{  using (BufferedStream bs = new BufferedStream(fs))  {
    using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(bs))
    {
      string line;
       while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
       {

       }
     }
   }
}

For large files, split up the Processing of the file – and the Reading of the file

Use a producer – consumer pattern. The producer task read in lines of text using the BufferedStream and handed them off to a separate consumer task that did the searching.

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