# PLEASE stop reading in files 100 lines at a time!

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066 "2025-02-25T19:55:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![aleks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/aleks/32/2355_2.png) [@aleks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/aleks)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066/1 "2025-02-25T19:55:07Z")

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Title says it all, this is a ridiculous waste of time. I’d rather pay more then wait for whatever type of token-saving exercise this is.

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**Author:** ![pjl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/pjl/32/56416_2.png) [@pjl](https://forum.cursor.com/u/pjl)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066/2 "2025-03-11T18:08:19Z")

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agreed. is this some cost optimization thing?

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**Author:** ![joshwand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/joshwand/32/28577_2.png) [@joshwand](https://forum.cursor.com/u/joshwand)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066/3 "2025-03-12T02:34:34Z")

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related–files added to context aren’t actually read in full: [Biggest problem with agent mode: Files added to context is useless!](https://forum.cursor.com/t/biggest-problem-with-agent-mode-files-added-to-context-is-useless/57106)

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**Author:** ![YuTengjing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/yutengjing/32/3704_2.png) [@YuTengjing](https://forum.cursor.com/u/YuTengjing)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066/4 "2025-08-02T18:11:26Z")

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This need cursor to change system prompt, use user rules is hard to change this behavior

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**Author:** ![YuTengjing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/yutengjing/32/3704_2.png) [@YuTengjing](https://forum.cursor.com/u/YuTengjing)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/please-stop-reading-in-files-100-lines-at-a-time/55066/5 "2025-08-02T18:12:59Z")

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This is also why sometime result bad than claude code. Cusor is edit based the info from text embedding model.