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--- java-script:read-file [2023/08/04 23:31] – odefta
+++ java-script:read-file [2023/08/20 01:19] (current) – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation 217.113.194.57
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 </code>
+===== Read a file in Node.js =====
+First you should [[java-script:node-js:setup|initialize the directory as a node.js es6+ module.]]
+<code javascript fileReader.js>
+import fs from 'fs/promises';
+export async function readFile(filePath) {
+    try {
+        const data = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+        console.log('File content:', data);
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error('An error occurred:', err);
+    }
+}
+</code>
+<code javascript index.js>
+import { readFile } from './fileReader.js';
+const fileName = process.argv[2];
+if (!fileName) {
+    console.log('Please provide a file name as a command-line argument');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+readFile(fileName);
+</code>
+To run it:
+<code>
+node ./index.js C:/test.txt
+</code>