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NewbieXXL
NewbieXXL

Reputation: 175

How to run a github javascript

I'm looking for a node js code to read and write in one text file. On guthub I have found a promising script from Arahnoid:

https://gist.github.com/Arahnoid/9925725#file-read-write-file-js

If I try to execute it, I get the error "File is not defined (line 3 ... new file(txt...). I guess, I have to install a npm package. But I don't know which one.

Can anybody give my a hint how I get to run this javascript?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1340

Answers (2)

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943510

I guess, I have to install a npm package

You don't. If you needed to install an npm package then the code would include a require statement trying to load it.

Can anybody give my a hint how I get to run this javascript?

It is completely undocumented code found lying around in the Internet. Stop trying.

If you want to read a file using NodeJS then look at NodeJS' documentation. A basic search will turn up the built in file system api.

var fs = require("fs");
fs.readFile('/etc/passwd', function (err, data) {
  if (err) {
        throw err;
  }
  console.log(data);
});

(And there's a matching writeFile method to go with that).

Upvotes: 2

rittam
rittam

Reputation: 318

It requires Nodejs Enviroment to run the file.

Resource: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/nodejs/nodejs_file_system.htm

Upvotes: -1

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