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

This destroy module is meant to ensure a stream gets destroyed, handling different APIs and Node.js bugs. Right now is one of the best choice.

NB. From Node 10 you can use the .destroy method without further dependencies.