read from file nodejs line by line code example

Example 1: node.js read text file line by line

const readline = require('readline');

const readInterface = readline.createInterface({
        input: fs.createReadStream('name.txt'),
        output: process.stdout,
        console: false
    });

 for await (const line of readInterface) {
        console.log(line);
    }
//or
readInterface.on('line', function(line) {
    console.log(line);
});

Example 2: File line by line reader Node js

var lineReader = require('line-reader');

lineReader.eachLine('file.txt', function(line, last) {
  console.log(line);
  // do whatever you want with line...
  if(last){
    // or check if it's the last one
  }
});

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