using System;

using System.IO;

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    public class Program

    {

        // Default folder    

        static readonly string rootFolder = @"C:\Users\Youla\Desktop\New folder\";    

        //Default file. MAKE SURE TO CHANGE THIS LOCATION AND FILE PATH TO YOUR FILE   

        static readonly string textFile = @"C:\Users\Youla\Desktop\New folder\Authors.txt";

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        public static void Main(string[] args)

        {

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            if (File.Exists(textFile))

            {

                // Read a text file line by line.  

                string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(textFile);

                foreach (string line in lines)

                    Console.WriteLine(line);

            }

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            if (File.Exists(textFile))

            {

                // Read file using StreamReader. Reads file line by line  

                using (StreamReader file = new StreamReader(textFile))

                {

                    int counter = 0;

                    string ln;

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                    while ((ln = file.ReadLine()) != null)

                    {

                        Console.WriteLine(ln);

                        counter++;

                    }

                    file.Close();

                    Console.WriteLine(counter);

                }

            }

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        }

    }

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