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# Reading and Writing Files
To open a file for reading or writing, we can use `System.IO.File`.
```cs
using (var stream = File.OpenRead("path\\to\\file.csv"))
{
}
using (var stream = File.OpenWrite("path\\to\\file.csv"))
{
}
```
These both return a `FileStream` for working with our file. Since our data is text, we will need to use a `StreamReader` and `StreamWriter` to read and write the text.
```cs
using (var stream = File.OpenRead("path\\to\\file.csv"))
using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
}
using (var stream = File.OpenWrite("path\\to\\file.csv"))
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(stream))
{
}
```
`StreamReader` and `StreamWriter` have shortcuts for doing this.
```cs
using (var reader = new StreamReader("path\\to\\file.csv"))
{
}
using (var writer = new StreamWriter("path\\to\\file.csv"))
{
}
```
CsvHelper doesn't know anything about your encoding, so if you have a specific encoding, you'll need to specify that in your stream.
```cs
using (var reader = new StreamReader("path\\to\\file.csv", Encoding.UTF8))
{
}
using (var writer = new StreamWriter("path\\to\\file.csv", Encoding.UTF8))
{
}
```
`CsvReader` and `CsvWriter` take a `TextReader` and `TextWriter` in their constructors. `TextReader` and `TextWriter` are `abstract` classes for reading and writing text. `StreamReader` inherits `TextReader` and `StreamWriter` inherits `TextWriter`, so we can use those with `CsvReader` and `CsvWriter`.
```cs
using (var reader = new StreamReader("path\\to\\file.csv"))
using (var csv = new CsvReader(reader))
{
}
using (var writer = new StreamWriter("path\\to\\file.csv"))
using (var csv = new CsvWriter(writer))
{
}
```
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