Nim: How to read a file

let contents = readFile("hello.txt")
echo contents  # prints the entire file

proc readMyFile() =
  let f = open("hello.txt")
  # Close the file object when you are done
  defer: f.close()

  let line = f.readLine()
  echo line

readMyFile() # will only read the first line

Hi, I'm Glenn! 👋

I've spent most of my career working with or at startups. I'm currently the VP of Product / GTM @ Ockam where I'm helping developers build applications and systems that are secure-by-design. It's time we started securely connecting apps, not networks.

Previously I led the Terraform product team @ HashiCorp, where we launched Terraform 1.0, Terraform Cloud, and a whole host of amazing capabilities that set the stage for a successful IPO. Prior to that I was part of the Startup Team @ AWS, and earlier still an early employee @ Heroku. I've also invested in a couple of dozen early stage startups.