Node.js read and write file lines

Question

I tried to read a file line by line, and output it to another file, using Node.js.

My problem is the sequence of lines sometimes messed up due to async nature of Nod

Answer 1

If you're writing a synchronous code, use only the synchronous functions:

var fs  = require("fs");

fs.readFileSync('./input.txt').toString().split('\n').forEach(function (line) { 
    console.log(line);
    fs.appendFileSync("./output.txt", line.toString() + "\n");
});

For asynchronous approach you could write something like

var fs = require('fs'),
    async = require('async'),
    carrier = require('carrier');

async.parallel({
    input: fs.openFile.bind(null, './input.txt', 'r'),
    output: fs.openFile.bind(null, './output.txt', 'a')
}, function (err, result) {
    if (err) {
        console.log("An error occured: " + err);
        return;
    }

    carrier.carry(result.input)
        .on('line', result.output.write)
        .on('end', function () {
            result.output.end();
            console.log("Done");
        });
});