What's the fastest way to read a text file line-by-line?

Question

I want to read a text file line by line. I wanted to know if I\'m doing it as efficiently as possible within the .NET C# scope of things.

This is what I\'m trying so

Answer 1

If you're using .NET 4, simply use File.ReadLines which does it all for you. I suspect it's much the same as yours, except it may also use FileOptions.SequentialScan and a larger buffer (128 seems very small).