read-chunk
Read a chunk from a file
Because the built-in way requires way too much boilerplate.
Install
$ npm install read-chunk
Usage
import {readChunk} from 'read-chunk';
// foo.txt => hello
await readChunk('foo.txt', {length: 3, startPosition: 1});
//=> 'ell'
API
readChunk(filePath, {length, startPosition})
Returns a Promise<Buffer>
with the read chunk.
readChunkSync(filePath, {length, startPosition})
Returns a Buffer
with the read chunk.
filePath
Type: string
length
Type: number
The number of bytes to read.
startPosition
Type: number
The poosition to start reading from.