https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-reading-txt-extremely-slow-from-script/m-p/9964652#M13554 <P>So I've tried to wrote script that need to read some txt file. Just trying to open it and assign to string variable (Need to edit it next). The smallest file weights 25kb and has 670 lines.&nbsp; Maya just freezes every time.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="general">//Proc for read files and give me a string proc string ReadFile(string $FilePath) { int $MyFileID = `fopen $FilePath "r"` ; string $WholeFile =""; while(!feof($MyFileID)) $WholeFile = $WholeFile + (`fgetline $MyFileID`); } fclose $MyFileID; return($WholeFile); } string $Text = `ReadFile("D:\Test.txt")`; print $Text;</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 28 Dec 2020 01:37:56 GMT nizrock 2020-12-28T01:37:56Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-reading-txt-extremely-slow-from-script/m-p/9964652#M13554 <P>So I've tried to wrote script that need to read some txt file. Just trying to open it and assign to string variable (Need to edit it next). The smallest file weights 25kb and has 670 lines.&nbsp; Maya just freezes every time.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="general">//Proc for read files and give me a string proc string ReadFile(string $FilePath) { int $MyFileID = `fopen $FilePath "r"` ; string $WholeFile =""; while(!feof($MyFileID)) $WholeFile = $WholeFile + (`fgetline $MyFileID`); } fclose $MyFileID; return($WholeFile); } string $Text = `ReadFile("D:\Test.txt")`; print $Text;</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 28 Dec 2020 01:37:56 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-reading-txt-extremely-slow-from-script/m-p/9964652#M13554 nizrock 2020-12-28T01:37:56Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-reading-txt-extremely-slow-from-script/m-p/10506644#M13555 <P>I'm finding the same issue, any way to read a text file quickly through Mel?</P> Thu, 29 Jul 2021 21:13:54 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/maya-reading-txt-extremely-slow-from-script/m-p/10506644#M13555 malcolm_341 2021-07-29T21:13:54Z