Read text in bounded chunks.
Read a C text file with fgets and a fixed buffer.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
int main(void) {
FILE *file = fopen("notes.txt", "r");
if (!file) return 1;
char line[128];
while (fgets(line, sizeof line, file)) fputs(line, stdout);
int failed = ferror(file);
if (fclose(file) == EOF) failed = 1;
if (failed) return 1;
return 0;
}Expected output EXAMPLE
hello
Details
Save as snippet.c. Compile with gcc -std=c17 -Wall -Wextra snippet.c -o snippet, then run ./snippet. Uses the C standard library.
Long lines arrive in multiple chunks; this example prints them unchanged.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · gcc (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04.1) 13.3.0 · gcc 4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Unprivileged snippet process, external networking disabled, read-only root filesystem, and a fresh temporary working directory. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
gcc -std=c17 -Wall -Wextra -Werror snippet.c -lm -o snippet && ./snippet- Container image ID
sha256:32dc2d998158b6554c99b73b533f423696a0f3e31e8cbea9db10b5eee9a2fadd- Code SHA-256
96e907b460fe535391e42a9df3ced19d49d11d32e3284bfdc8ec7a2f363128a8- Dependencies
- gcc 4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
printf 'hello\n' > notes.txt
Observed standard output
hello
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.