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 streams

writeable

readabvle

duplex 

transform

its like read and write

const {createReadStream} = require('fs');

const stream = createReadStream('./content/big.txt')

if file not there , it will create

stream.on('data', ()=>{})

stream.on('data', (result)=>{ console.log(result)})

after file create, read the data 

default buffer size is 64kb

const stream = createReadStream('./content/big.txt',{highwatermark:90000})

const stream = createReadStream('./content/big.txt',{encoding:'utf8'})