import "io" for File File.open("input.txt") { |file| var offset = 0 var line = "" while(true) { var b = file.readBytes(1, offset) offset = offset + 1 if (b == "\n") { // process 'line' line = "" // reset line variable } else if (b == "\r") { // Windows // wait for following "\n" } else if (b == "") { // end of stream return } else { line = line + b } } }