Reading in a Text File in C++

A simple program that I wrote before in C++ to read a text file. The code is very short and easy to understand.

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Program Listing

#include <iostream>

#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

main() {

     string line;

     ifstream a("test.txt");

     while(!a.eof()) {

         if (a.is_open() == false) {

             cout << "Unable to open the file";

             break;

         }

         getline(a,line);

         cout << "\n" << line;

     }

     a.close();

     cout << "\n\n";

     system("pause");

}