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

At version 4.*.* pushing a null value into the stream will trigger a EOF signal.

From the nodejs docs

If a value other than null is passed, The push() method adds a chunk of data into the queue for subsequent stream processors to consume. If null is passed, it signals the end of the stream (EOF), after which no more data can be written.

This worked for me after trying numerous other options on this page.