readLines

kotlin-stdlib / kotlin.io.path / java.nio.file.Path / readLines

Platform and version requirements: JVM (1.5), JRE7 (1.5)

fun Path.readLines(
    charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8
): List<String>

Reads the file content as a list of lines.

It's not recommended to use this function on huge files. For reading lines of a large file or a file of unknown size, use Path.forEachLine or Path.useLines.

Parameters

charset - character set to use for reading text, UTF-8 by default.

Return list of file lines.

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