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

readLines

JVM

JRE7

1.5

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

(source)

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.