JAVASCRIPT

read file node

// load fs
const fs = require("fs");
// read the file
const content = fs.readFileSync("./my_file.txt");
// print it
console.log(content.toString());

node open file

const fs = require("fs");

// __dirname means relative to script. Use "./data.txt" if you want it relative to execution path.
fs.readFile(__dirname + "/data.txt", (error, data) => {
    if(error) {
        throw error;
    }
    console.log(data.toString());
});

read a file nodejs

const fs = require('fs');

fs.readFile('my-file.txt', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(data);
});

Reading files with Node.js

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const fs = require('fs')

fs.readFile('/Users/joe/test.txt', 'utf8' , (err, data) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err)
    return
  }
  console.log(data)
})

nodejs open file

fs = require('fs')
fs.readFile('/etc/hosts', 'utf8', function (err,data) {
  if (err) {
    return console.log(err);
  }
  console.log(data);
});

read files in node js

const fs = require("fs");
const text = fs.readFileSync("dele.txt", "utf-8")
console.log("The content of the file is")
console.log(text);

how to read files in node

var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  fs.readFile('index.html', function(err, data) {
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    res.write(data);
    return res.end();
  });
}).listen(8080);

open file method in node js

var fs = require("fs");
  
// Asynchronous - Open File
console.log("opening file!");
fs.open('input.txt', 'r+', function(err, fd) {
   if (err) {
      return console.error(err);
   }
   console.log("File open successfully");     
});