static void Main(string[] args) { string sourcepath = args[0]; // there are a few static utility functions Console.WriteLine("The given DAT file has {0} rows.", DelimitedFile.GetRowCount(sourcepath)); Console.WriteLine("The first row: {0}", DelimitedFile.GetFirstRow(sourcepath)); // initialize the reader, given the file to read from and that this file a header row DelimitedFile file = new DelimitedFile(sourcepath, true); // set delimiter values (these are the defaults) file.NewlineCharacter = 10; file.TextQualifierCharacter = 254; file.CarriageReturnCharacter = 13; file.ColumnDelimiterCharacter = 20; // read in and handle an available line from the file while (file.ReadRow()) { if (file.CurrentRowNumber == 1) { Console.WriteLine("Column headers: {0}", string.Join(", ", file.CurrentRow.Columns)); continue; } else { if (file.SetColumnValue("text", "example")) { Console.WriteLine(file.GetColumnValue("text")); } } } }