catch-file.js

const fs = require('fs').promises

fs.readFile('a.txt', 'utf8')
.then(aContents => {
  // If the contents of a.txt don't end with a newline character,
  // reject with an error
  if (!aContents.endsWith('\n')) {
    throw new Error('Missing newline at end of a.txt')
  }

  // Otherwise, read b.txt and concatenate the files' contents
  return fs.readFile('b.txt', 'utf8')
    .then(bContents => Promise.resolve(aContents + bContents))
})
// If either file didn't exist or a.txt didn't end with a newline,
// resolve to the empty string instead
.catch(err => Promise.resolve(''))
// Finally, write the string to c.txt
.then(concatenated => fs.writeFile('c.txt', concatenated))