Ha! Reading a file in Node... don't forget the toString!

Node.js File Stream

var 
    sys = require("sys")
  , fs = require("fs")
  , path = require("path")
  , exec = require("child_process").exec
  ;

console.log("Staring");
var file = __dirname + "\\input.txt";
console.log("reading " + file);

fs.readFile("input.txt", function(err, data) {
  if(err) {
    throw err;
    return;
  }
  if(data) {
    console.log(data);
    // execute the child process based on the input file
    exec('cat < ' + data, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
      console.error(err);
      console.error(stderr);
      console.log('OUTPUT==');
      console.log(stdout);
    });

  }	



});

Node.jsFileStream

var 
    sys = require("sys")
  , fs = require("fs")
  , path = require("path")
  , exec = require("child_process").exec
  ;

console.log("Staring");
var file = __dirname + "\\input.txt";

var data = fs.readFile("input.txt", function(err, data){
	if(err) throw err;
	console.log(data.toString());
});