how to use the createwritestream function from fs-extra in javascript

To use the createWriteStream function from fs-extra in JavaScript, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Install fs-extra package if it's not already installed in your project:
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npm install fs-extra
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  1. Import the fs-extra module:
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const fs = require('fs-extra');
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  1. Get a writable stream using createWriteStream function:
index.tsx
const stream = fs.createWriteStream('/path/to/file');
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  1. Write data to the stream using write function:
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stream.write('Hello world!');
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  1. End the stream using end function:
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stream.end();
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The complete code looks like:

index.tsx
const fs = require('fs-extra');
const stream = fs.createWriteStream('/path/to/file');
stream.write('Hello world!');
stream.end();
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Note: You can also pass additional options to createWriteStream function, for example {flags: 'a'} to append to existing file.

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