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Read local file using JavaScript
<!-- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-read-a-local-text-file-using-javascript/ -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Read Text File</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="file" name="inputfile"
id="inputfile">
<br>
<pre id="output"></pre>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('inputfile')
.addEventListener('change', function() {
var fr=new FileReader();
fr.onload=function(){
document.getElementById('output')
.textContent=fr.result;
}
fr.readAsText(this.files[0]);
})
</script>
</body>
</html>
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