using LINQ to read from a text file

here is a neat piece of code in C# LINQ, to read numbers from a text file:

     private List<int> getNumbersFromFile(string filePath) 
     { 
       var lines = File.ReadAllLines(filePath); 

       var licIds =  
         lines.SkipWhile(li => li.StartsWith("#")) 
         .TakeWhile(li => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(li.Trim())) 
         .Where(li => !li.StartsWith("#"))

         .Select(li => int.Parse(li)) 
         ; 

       return licIds.ToList(); 
     }  

sample text file:

#comment lines look like this
#
#here is my list of numbers:
100
101
102


credit:  this is based on the excellent book  LINQ to Objects Using C# 4.0 by Troy Magennis