const fs = require('fs');

const path = require('path');

/**

* Strips metadata from a log file.

* @param {string} inputFilePath Path to the input log file.

* @param {string} outputFilePath Path to the output log file (without metadata).

*/

function stripMetadata(inputFilePath, outputFilePath) {

fs.readFile(inputFilePath, 'utf8', (err, data) => {

if (err) {

console.error(`Error reading file: ${err}`);

return;

}

// Simple metadata removal: removes lines starting with common metadata indicators.

const metadataIndicators = ['#', 'Date:', 'Time:', 'Source:'];

const lines = data.split('\n');

const cleanedLines = lines.filter(line => !metadataIndicators.some(indicator => line.startsWith(indicator)));

const cleanedData = cleanedLines.join('\n');

fs.writeFile(outputFilePath, cleanedData, 'utf8', (err) => {

if (err) {

console.error(`Error writing to file: ${err}`);

return;

}

console.log(`Metadata stripped from ${inputFilePath} and saved to ${outputFilePath}`);

});

});

}

//Example usage:

// stripMetadata('input.log', 'output.log');