diff --git a/core-kotlin-io/.gitignore b/core-kotlin-io/.gitignore
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+++ b/core-kotlin-io/.gitignore
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+/bin/
+
+#ignore gradle
+.gradle/
+
+
+#ignore build and generated files
+build/
+node/
+target/
+out/
diff --git a/core-kotlin-io/README.md b/core-kotlin-io/README.md
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+++ b/core-kotlin-io/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Relevant articles:
+
+- [InputStream to String in Kotlin](https://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-inputstream-to-string)
diff --git a/core-kotlin-io/pom.xml b/core-kotlin-io/pom.xml
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+++ b/core-kotlin-io/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-kotlin-io</artifactId>
+    <name>core-kotlin-io</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-kotlin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-kotlin</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>compile</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>test-compile</id>
+                        <phase>test-compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>test-compile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <kotlin.version>1.2.71</kotlin.version>
+        <junit.platform.version>1.1.1</junit.platform.version>
+        <junit.vintage.version>5.2.0</junit.vintage.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.10.0</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/core-kotlin-2/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamExtension.kt b/core-kotlin-io/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamExtension.kt
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rename from core-kotlin-2/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamExtension.kt
rename to core-kotlin-io/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamExtension.kt
diff --git a/core-kotlin-2/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamToStringTest.kt b/core-kotlin-io/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamToStringTest.kt
similarity index 100%
rename from core-kotlin-2/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamToStringTest.kt
rename to core-kotlin-io/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/inputstream/InputStreamToStringTest.kt
diff --git a/core-kotlin-2/src/test/resources/inputstream2string.txt b/core-kotlin-io/src/test/resources/inputstream2string.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from core-kotlin-2/src/test/resources/inputstream2string.txt
rename to core-kotlin-io/src/test/resources/inputstream2string.txt