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read-chunk

Read a chunk from a file


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What is read-chunk?

The 'read-chunk' npm package allows you to read a specific chunk of a file. This can be useful for tasks such as file type detection, partial file processing, and more.

What are read-chunk's main functionalities?

Read a specific chunk of a file

This feature allows you to read a specific chunk of a file. In this example, it reads the first 10 bytes from 'example.txt' and logs it to the console.

const readChunk = require('read-chunk');
const buffer = readChunk.sync('example.txt', 0, 10);
console.log(buffer.toString());

Asynchronous chunk reading

This feature allows you to read a specific chunk of a file asynchronously. In this example, it reads the first 10 bytes from 'example.txt' and logs it to the console.

const readChunk = require('read-chunk');
readChunk('example.txt', 0, 10).then(buffer => {
  console.log(buffer.toString());
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err);
});

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Package last updated on 19 Jan 2014

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