<div id="page-wrapper">

		<h1>Text File Reader</h1>
		<div>
			Select a text file: 
			<input type="file" id="fileInput">
		</div>
		<pre id="fileDisplayArea"><pre>

	</div>
html {
  font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 100%;
  background: #333;
}

#page-wrapper {
  width: 600px;
  background: #FFF;
  padding: 1em;
  margin: 1em auto;
  min-height: 300px;
  border-top: 5px solid #69c773;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
}

h1 {
	margin-top: 0;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

#fileDisplayArea {
  margin-top: 2em;
  width: 100%;
  overflow-x: auto;
}
window.onload = function() {
		var fileInput = document.getElementById('fileInput');
		var fileDisplayArea = document.getElementById('fileDisplayArea');

		fileInput.addEventListener('change', function(e) {
			var file = fileInput.files[0];
			var textType = /text.*/;

			if (file.type.match(textType)) {
				var reader = new FileReader();

				reader.onload = function(e) {
					fileDisplayArea.innerText = reader.result;
				}

				reader.readAsText(file);	
			} else {
				fileDisplayArea.innerText = "File not supported!"
			}
		});
}
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