StreamReader.Peek Method Returns the next available character but does not consume it.
Imports System Imports System.IO Imports System.Text Public Class Test Public Shared Sub Main() Dim path As String = "c:\temp\MyTest.txt" Try Dim sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(path) sw.WriteLine("This") sw.WriteLine("is ") sw.WriteLine("a") sw.WriteLine("test") sw.Close() Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(path) Do While sr.Peek() > -1 Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine()) Loop sr.Close() Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString()) End Try End Sub End Class