ListOfLines.java

// files/ListOfLines.java
// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
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import java.util.*;
import java.nio.file.*;

public class ListOfLines {
  public static void
  main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Files.readAllLines(
      Paths.get("../streams/Cheese.dat"))
      .stream()
      .filter(line -> !line.startsWith("//"))
      .map(line ->
        line.substring(0, line.length()/2))
      .forEach(System.out::println);
  }
}
/* Output:
Not much of a cheese
Finest in the
And what leads you
Well, it's
It's certainly uncon
*/