Text file reading in Oracle9i Procedure

Dear experts,
How we can read Text File in Oracle9i Procedure.
Thanks in advance

can we read a file like this ??
PROCEDURE PROCESS_AGAIN IS
     filename           varchar2(13) := 'c:\temp\RECIPIENT.TXT';
     file_handle TEXT_IO.FILE_TYPE;
     newline           varchar2(4000);
BEGIN
     file_handle := TEXT_IO.FOPEN(filename, 'R');
     LOOP
          TEXT_IO.GET_LINE(file_handle,newline);
/* Process */
     END LOOP;
EXCEPTION
     WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
          TEXT_IO.FCLOSE(file_handle);
END;

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=======
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e
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f vector.
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Constructor.==========================================
================
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d
isMember.=============================================
=========
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f the set.
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ot null.
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d
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d
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e vector.
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d
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=========
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* @return True if no elements are present in Vector
r v.
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return v.size() == 0; // returns 0 if no elements
ts are present in the vector.
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d
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=========
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ce
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