diff --git a/line-reader/line-reader-tests.ts b/line-reader/line-reader-tests.ts
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+++ b/line-reader/line-reader-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="line-reader.d.ts" />
+
+import lineReader = require('line-reader');
+
+lineReader.open('line-reader-tests.ts', function(err: Error, reader: LineReader) {
+	if (err) throw err;
+	if (reader.hasNextLine()) {
+		try {
+			reader.nextLine(function(err: Error, line: string) {
+				if (err) throw err;
+				console.log(line);
+			});
+		} finally {
+			reader.close(function(err: Error) {
+				if (err) throw err;
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		reader.close(function(err: Error) {
+			if (err) throw err;
+		});
+	}
+});
+
+lineReader.eachLine('line-reader.d.ts', {encoding: 'utf8'}, function(line: string, last: boolean) {
+	console.log(line);
+	if (last) console.log('<EOF>');
+});