How to Read a text file after skipping specified number of lines in C#

Question

I have a text file which i do need to read line by line.Now as per my requirement i have to read text file after 65 lines.for this i am trying to use skip() but its not working ..Here is my code ..

string FileToCopy = "D:\\tickets.txt";

        if (System.IO.File.Exists(FileToCopy) == true)
        {
            var fs = new FileStream(FileToCopy, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
            using (var reader = new StreamReader(fs))
            {
                string line;
                string rawcdr="";
                while (true)
                {
                    while ((line = reader.ReadLine()).Skip(65) != null)
                    {
                        if (line != "")
                        {
                            rawcdr = line.ToString();
                        }
                        var strings = rawcdr.Split(new char[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

                        if (strings.Length != 0)
                        {
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

On executig above code.Text file is being read from first line whereas i do need to read from 66 line..Where am i going wrong?

Answer 1

Why don't you use File.ReadAllLines ?

var lines = File.ReadAllLines("D:\\tickets.txt")
                .Skip(65);
foreach(var line in lines)
{
   // do what you want with other lines...
}

Answer 2

File.ReadAllLines with Enumerable.Skip may work for you

var listOfOtherLines = File.ReadAllLines(filename).Skip(65).ToList();