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2.6: Disk Altering
Introduction
In order to write a complete program that processes a file, we need both file read and write.
Data flow between Node.js and hard drive is same regardless of writing new files or altering existing files.
We'll first read the file into our program, then write the final version back out. The following example uses a function
addToEndOfLine to add a random number to the end of each line in a file.1
import { readFile, writeFile } from 'fs';
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const filename = 'alter.txt';
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/**
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* Split text by lines, add a number to the end of each line, return new text.
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* @param text - Original string
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* @returns modified string
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*/
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const addToEndOfLine = (text) => {
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// Split text into array where each element is new line.
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const lines = text.split('\n');
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// newText stores the modified text.
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let newText = '';
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for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i += 1) {
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// Add the original line in text to newText
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newText += lines[i];
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// Add a random number to the end of this line
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newText += `${Math.random()}\n`;
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}
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// Return modified text
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return newText;
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};
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/**
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* Process content and write new content back to original file
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* @param readErr - Reading error if any
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* @param content - Original file content
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* @returns undefined
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*/
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const handleFileRead = (readErr, content) => {
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// Log original file content
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console.log(content);
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// Catch reading error if any
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if (readErr) {
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console.log('reading error', readErr);
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}
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// Process content
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const newContent = addToEndOfLine(content);
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// Write processed content back to the file, replacing old content
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writeFile(filename, newContent, (writeErr) => {
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// Catch writing error if any
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if (writeErr) {
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console.log('error writing', newContent, writeErr);
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return;
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}
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console.log('success!');
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});
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};
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readFile(filename, 'utf-8', handleFileRead);
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Further Reading
Node
fs module:Exercise
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- 2.Create a file in the repo alter.txt with sample content.
- 3.Run the above code.
- 4.Open the altered file in VSCode to confirm its contents are what we expect.
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