copy file nodejs code example

Example 1: copy a file and paste with fs

const fs = require('fs');

// File destination.txt will be created or overwritten by default.
fs.copyFile('source.txt', 'destination.txt', (err) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('source.txt was copied to destination.txt');
});

Example 2: node filesystem change directory of a file

var fs = require('fs-extra')

fs.move('/tmp/somefile', '/tmp/does/not/exist/yet/somefile', function (err) {
 if (err) return console.error(err)
 console.log("success!")
})

Example 3: copy text from file to another file in javascript with fs

'use strict';

import fs from 'fs';

let fileContent = 'Anything what you want';
let message = fs.writeFileSync('message.txt', fileContent);

function copyContent(fileName: string, dest: string): boolean {
  try {
    fs.copyFileSync(fileName, dest);
    console.log(dest);
    return true;
  } catch (err) {
    return false;
  }
}

console.log(copyContent('message.txt', 'destination.txt'));

Example 4: copy file javascript

//copyfile.js
const fs = require('fs');

// destination will be created or overwritten by default.
fs.copyFile('C:\folderA\myfile.txt', 'C:\folderB\myfile.txt', (err) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('File was copied to destination');
});