NOTE: fs is a nodejs module, you cannot use it in Browser.

Import the fs module,

readFileSync will provide you the Buffer

to use the split() function you have to convert the Buffer into String

var fs = require('fs')



var text = fs.readFileSync(./men.text);

var string = text.toString('utf-8') // converting the Buffer into String



var textByLine = string.split(n)

console.log(textByLine);

▼ UPDATE ▼

Server-Side

fs is a nodejs built-in module, you cannot use it in Browser(Client-Side). Use fs in server-side to do the manipulation, get the data and format in required type, then you can render it with html, ejs many more.. templating engines

Here i have created a Nodejs Server using express, and from the browser hit the http://localhost:8000/ you will get the Array of Data

You can format your data and render it with the .ejs or html files using res.render

app.js

var express = require('express');

var app = express();

var fs = require('fs')



app.get('/', function (request, response) {

  var text = fs.readFileSync(./men.text);

  var string = text.toString('utf-8')



  var textByLine = string.split(n)

  console.log(textByLine);

  response.send(textByLine);

});



app.listen('8000');

Dummy Output: