How to append to New Line in Node.js

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Javascript Problem Overview


I'm trying to Append data to a Log file using Node.js and that is working fine but it is not going to the next line. \n doesn't seem to be working in my function below. Any suggestions?

function processInput ( text ) 
{     
  fs.open('H://log.txt', 'a', 666, function( e, id ) {
   fs.write( id, text + "\n", null, 'utf8', function(){
    fs.close(id, function(){
     console.log('file is updated');
    });
   });
  });
 }

Javascript Solutions


Solution 1 - Javascript

It looks like you're running this on Windows (given your H://log.txt file path).

Try using \r\n instead of just \n.

Honestly, \n is fine; you're probably viewing the log file in notepad or something else that doesn't render non-Windows newlines. Try opening it in a different viewer/editor (e.g. Wordpad).

Solution 2 - Javascript

Use the os.EOL constant instead.

var os = require("os");

function processInput ( text ) 
{     
  fs.open('H://log.txt', 'a', 666, function( e, id ) {
   fs.write( id, text + os.EOL, null, 'utf8', function(){
    fs.close(id, function(){
     console.log('file is updated');
    });
   });
  });
 }

Solution 3 - Javascript

use \r\n combination to append a new line in node js

  var stream = fs.createWriteStream("udp-stream.log", {'flags': 'a'});
  stream.once('open', function(fd) {
    stream.write(msg+"\r\n");
  });

Solution 4 - Javascript

Alternatively, you can use fs.appendFile method

let content = 'some text';
content += "\n";
fs.appendFile("helloworld.txt", content, (err) => {
	return console.log(err);
});

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