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what efficient way read last symbol or line of large text file using c#?

if file not too large, read lines , pick last:

string lastline = file.readlines("pathtofile").lastordefault(); // if file empty 

so last character in way:

char lastchar = '\0'; if(lastline  != null) lastchar = lastline.lastordefault(); 

file.readlines not need read lines before can start processsing, it's cheap in terms of memory consumption.

here more complicated way j. skeet: how read text file reversely iterator in c#