Leer archivos de texto rápidamente con PowerShell | Scripting and security

$path = '.\palabrafinallargas.txt'

# Lento
Measure-Command {
 $text = Get-Content -Path $Path 
}
 
# Rápido
Measure-Command {
 $text = Get-Content -Path $Path -Raw
}
 
# Rápido
Measure-Command {
 $text = Get-Content -Path $Path -ReadCount 0
}
 
# Rápido con .NET
Measure-Command {
 $text = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($path )
}

$path = '.\palabrafinallargas.txt'

# Lento

Measure-Command {

$text = Get-Content -Path $Path

}

# Rápido

Measure-Command {

$text = Get-Content -Path $Path -Raw

}

# Rápido

Measure-Command {

$text = Get-Content -Path $Path -ReadCount 0

}

# Rápido con .NET

Measure-Command {

$text = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($path )

}

Fuente original del Tip http://community.idera.com/powershell/powertips/b/tips/posts/reading-text-files-fast-1152612330

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