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+### Read file as array of lines
+
+Use `readFileSync` function in `fs` node package to create a `Buffer` from a file.
+convert buffer to string using `toString(encoding)` function.
+creating an array from contents of file by `split`ing file content line by line(each `\n`).
+
+  ```js
+const fs = require('fs');
+const readFileToArray = filename => fs.readFileSync(filename).toString('UTF8').split('\n');
+/*
+  contents of test.txt :
+    line1
+    line2
+    line3
+    ___________________________
+  let arr = readFileToArray('test.txt')
+  console.log(arr) // -> ['line1', 'line2', 'line3']
+ */
+```