diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/Steps/ConnectionStringChangeStep.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/Steps/ConnectionStringChangeStep.cs
index ea53868812..491955650b 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/Steps/ConnectionStringChangeStep.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectBuilding/Building/Steps/ConnectionStringChangeStep.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectBuilding.Building.Steps
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    var jsonObject = JObject.Parse(appSettingsJson.Content);
+                    var appSettingJsonContentWithoutBom = GetStringWithoutBom(appSettingsJson.Bytes);
+                    var jsonObject = JObject.Parse(appSettingJsonContentWithoutBom);
                     var connectionStringContainer = (JContainer)jsonObject["ConnectionStrings"];
                     var firstConnectionString = connectionStringContainer.First;
                     var defaultConnectionString = firstConnectionString.ToString();
@@ -34,5 +37,24 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectBuilding.Building.Steps
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        private static string GetStringWithoutBom(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            if (bytes == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+            
+            var hasBom =  bytes.Length >= 3 && bytes[0] == 0xEF && bytes[1] == 0xBB && bytes[2] == 0xBF;
+
+            if (hasBom)
+            {
+                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, 3, bytes.Length - 3);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Core/Volo/Abp/IO/FileHelper.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Core/Volo/Abp/IO/FileHelper.cs
index 21ca7c2086..4c258dfbeb 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Core/Volo/Abp/IO/FileHelper.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Core/Volo/Abp/IO/FileHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -73,6 +74,51 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.IO
             }
         }
 
-        //TODO: ReadAllLinesAsync
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens a text file, reads all lines of the file, and then closes the file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The file to open for reading.</param>
+        /// <param name="encoding">Encoding of the file. Default is UTF8</param>
+        /// <param name="fileMode">Specifies how the operating system should open a file. Default is Open</param>
+        /// <param name="fileAccess">Defines constants for read, write, or read/write access to a file. Default is Read</param>
+        /// <param name="fileShare">Contains constants for controlling the kind of access other FileStream objects can have to the same file. Default is Read</param>
+        /// <param name="bufferSize">Length of StreamReader buffer. Default is 4096.</param>
+        /// <param name="fileOptions">Indicates FileStream options. Default is Asynchronous (The file is to be used for asynchronous reading.) and SequentialScan (The file is to be accessed sequentially from beginning to end.) </param>
+        /// <returns>A string containing all lines of the file.</returns>
+        public static async Task<string[]> ReadAllLinesAsync(string path,
+            Encoding encoding = null,
+            FileMode fileMode = FileMode.Open,
+            FileAccess fileAccess = FileAccess.Read,
+            FileShare fileShare = FileShare.Read,
+            int bufferSize = 4096,
+            FileOptions fileOptions = FileOptions.Asynchronous | FileOptions.SequentialScan)
+        {
+            if (encoding == null)
+            {
+                encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+            }
+
+            var lines = new List<string>();
+
+            using (var stream = new FileStream(
+                path,
+                fileMode,
+                fileAccess,
+                fileShare,
+                bufferSize,
+                fileOptions))
+            {
+                using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream, encoding))
+                {
+                    string line;
+                    while ((line = await reader.ReadLineAsync()) != null)
+                    {
+                        lines.Add(line);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return lines.ToArray();
+        }
     }
 }
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