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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const { PassThrough } = require('stream');
+const readline = require('readline');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+{
+  const input = new PassThrough();
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({
+    terminal: true,
+    input: input
+  });
+
+  rl.on('line', common.mustCall((data) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(data, 'abc');
+  }));
+
+  input.end('abc');
+}
+
+{
+  const input = new PassThrough();
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({
+    terminal: true,
+    input: input
+  });
+
+  rl.on('line', common.mustNotCall('must not be called before newline'));
+
+  input.write('abc');
+}
+
+{
+  const input = new PassThrough();
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({
+    terminal: true,
+    input: input
+  });
+
+  rl.on('line', common.mustCall((data) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(data, 'abc');
+  }));
+
+  input.write('abc\n');
+}