Would you like to learn how to read a text file using Golang? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Golang to read a line from a text file on a computer running Windows.

• Ubuntu 20
• Ubuntu 19
• Ubuntu 18
• Golang 1.16

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Tutorial Golang – Read a text file

Create a text file.

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Here is the file content.

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In our example, we create a text file named NAMES in the TMP directory.

Create a Golang script to read a text file and print it on the screen.

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Here is the file content.

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Run the Golang script.

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Here is the command output.

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Congratulations! You are able to read a text file using Golang.

Tutorial Golang – Read lines from a text file

Create a Golang script to read lines from a text file and print it on the screen.

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Here is the file content.

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Run the Golang script.

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Here is the command output.

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Congratulations! You are able to read lines from a text file using Golang.