How to close a readable stream (before end)?

Question

How to close a readable stream in Node.js?

var input = fs.createReadStream(\'lines.txt\');

input.on(\'data\', function(data) {
   // after closing the strea         


        

Answer 1

Today, in Node 10

readableStream.destroy()

is the official way to close a readable stream

see https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_readable_destroy_error