fs copy code example

Example 1: 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 2: fs.writefile

const fs = require('fs');

fs.writeFile("/tmp/test", "Hey there!", function(err) {
    if(err) {
        return console.log(err);
    }
    console.log("The file was saved!");
}); 

// Or
fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/test-sync', 'Hey there!');

Example 3: fs.readfile

fs.readFile('filename', function read(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }
    var content = data;
  
    console.log(content);  
   
});

Example 4: 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'));