Help with Asynchronous File Reading in Node.js

[fadile-anass]

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to read a file asynchronously in Node.js using the fs module, but I'm running into some issues. Here's a snippet of my code:

const fs = require('fs');

fs.readFile('example.txt', 'utf8', (err, data) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Error reading file:', err);
return;
}
console.log(data);
});

The file example.txt exists in the same directory as my script, but I'm not seeing any output in the console. I've checked the file path and permissions, and everything seems fine.

Could someone help me figure out what might be going wrong? Thanks in advance!

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[RachidZahrani]

Hey! Your code looks mostly good, but here are a few things to check: First, make sure that example.txt is in the same directory as your script; you can add console.log(__dirname); to confirm the current directory. Also, check if any error messages are being logged to the console when you run the script, as that could give you a clue about what's going wrong. Make sure you're running the script with node yourscript.js in the terminal, and check your Node.js version with node -v to ensure it's up to date. If everything seems fine and it’s still not working,