How do I read a file in Node.js?

Question

In Node.js, I want to read a file, and then console.log() each line of the file separated by \n. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Try this:

var fs=require('fs');

fs.readFile('/path/to/file','utf8', function (err, data) {
  if (err) throw err;
  var arr=data.split('\n');
  arr.forEach(function(v){
    console.log(v);
  });
});