import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, "filename.txt"), (err, data) => {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(data);
})
EDIT:
consider the project structure:
../readfile/
+-- filename.txt
+-- src
+-- index.js
+-- index.ts
consider the index.ts:
import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
function lookFilesInDirectory(path_directory) {
fs.stat(path_directory, (err, stat) => {
if (!err) {
if (stat.isDirectory()) {
console.log(path_directory)
fs.readdirSync(path_directory).forEach(file => {
console.log(`\t${file}`);
});
console.log();
}
}
});
}
let path_view = './';
lookFilesInDirectory(path_view);
lookFilesInDirectory(path.join(__dirname, path_view));
if you have in the readfile folder and run tsc src/index.ts && node src/index.js, the output will be:
./
filename.txt
src
/home/andrei/scripts/readfile/src/
index.js
index.ts
that is, it depends on where you run the node.
the __dirname is directory name of the current module.