read-chunk
Read a chunk from a file
Last updated 9 years ago
by sindresorhus
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read-chunk
Read a chunk from a file
Because the built-in way requires way too much boilerplate.
Install
$ npm install read-chunk
Usage
import {readChunk} from 'read-chunk';
// foo.txt => hello
await readChunk('foo.txt', {length: 3, startPosition: 1});
//=> 'ell'
API
readChunk(filePath, {length, startPosition})
Returns a Promise<Buffer> with the read chunk.
readChunkSync(filePath, {length, startPosition})
Returns a Buffer with the read chunk.
filePath
Type: string
length
Type: number
The number of bytes to read.
startPosition
Type: number
The poosition to start reading from.
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- 5.0.0 ... latest (5 months ago)
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