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 have enough memory, I've found some performance gains by reading the entire file into a memory stream, and then opening a stream reader on that to read the lines. As long as you actually plan on reading the whole file anyway, this can yield some improvements.