Stream (read) a file from disk in Node

file-stream-read.js

const fs = require("fs")
const readline = require("readline")

!(async () => {
  const stream = fs.createReadStream("path/to/file")

  const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: stream,
    crlfDelay: Infinity,
  })

  // optionally listen for errors
  stream.on("error", error => {
    throw error
  })

  for await (const line of rl) {
    // do something with `line`
  }

  stream.destroy()
  rl.close()
})()