adding in working

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
 project(HelloWorld)
 
-# gstreamer-1.0
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(GST REQUIRED gstreamer-1.0)
-include_directories(${GST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
 
 set (source_dir "./src")

example.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is a test baby

src/Main.cpp

@@ -1,11 +1,37 @@
-#include<iostream>
+#include <iostream>
 
-#include <gst/gst.h>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
 
-int main()
+std::string read_line(std::string file_path) {
-{
+  // Create an ifstream object and associate it with the file "example.txt".
+  std::ifstream infile(file_path);
+
+  // If the file could not be opened, print an error message and exit the
+  // program.
+  if (!infile.is_open()) {
+    std::cerr << "Error: Could not open file " << file_path << std::endl;
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  // Read a line of text from the file.
+  std::string line;
+  std::getline(infile, line);
+
+  // Print the line of text to the console.
+  std::cout << "The first line of the file is:\n";
+  std::cout << line << std::endl;
+
+  // Close the file.
+  infile.close();
+
+  return line;
+}
+
+int main() {
   std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
 
-  std::cin.get();
+  std::string line = read_line("../example.txt");
+
   return 0;
 }