read file javascript fs code example

Example 1: 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());

Example 2: read a file nodejs

const fs = require('fs');

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

Example 3: nodejs readfile

const fs = require('fs');

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

Example 4: javascript fs read

fs.readFile('/etc/passwd', (err, data) => {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(data);
});