How to detect the Line Ending Type of a Text File in C# .NET Framework

Line endings are a lurking stumbling block in so many projects. I can’t tell you the number of times I have tried bringing in an outside asset, only to run into problems with stupid line endings, oftentimes hours later. It is a much better approach to simply detect the line endings of a file in advance, so they can be handled before any problems can arise. This can be done very easily with the line ending detection method that I am about to demonstrate.

We begin with our package installation:

Install-Package Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert -Version 3.2.8

Now we call our function:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Api;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Client;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class EditTextDetectLineEndingsExample
{
public void main()
{
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
Configuration.Default.AddApiKey("Apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// Configuration.Default.AddApiKeyPrefix("Apikey", "Bearer");
var apiInstance = new EditTextApi();
var inputFile = new System.IO.Stream(); // System.IO.Stream | Input file to perform the operation on.
try
{
// Detect line endings of a text file
DetectLineEndingsResponse result = apiInstance.EditTextDetectLineEndings(inputFile);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling EditTextApi.EditTextDetectLineEndings: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
}

And you’re done! There is another function in this library that can also change the line endings to fit your needs.