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variable Deno.stdin

A reference to stdin which can be used to read directly from stdin. It implements the Deno specific Reader, ReaderSync, and Closer interfaces as well as provides a ReadableStream interface.

Reading chunks from the readable stream

const decoder = new TextDecoder();
for await (const chunk of Deno.stdin.readable) {
  const text = decoder.decode(chunk);
  // do something with the text
}

type

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& { readonly rid: number; readonly readable: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>; setRaw(mode: boolean, options?: SetRawOptions): void; }