mvemcjsunpe / normalize-path

Normalize file path slashes to be unix-like forward slashes. Used by chokidar, anymatch, and many others!

normalize-path

Normalize slashes in a file path to be posix/unix-like forward slashes. Also condenses repeat slashes to a single slash and removes and trailing slashes, unless disabled.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save normalize-path

Usage

const normalize = require('normalize-path');

console.log(normalize('\\foo\\bar\\baz\\')); 
//=> '/foo/bar/baz'

win32 namespaces

console.log(normalize('\\\\?\\UNC\\Server01\\user\\docs\\Letter.txt')); 
//=> '//?/UNC/Server01/user/docs/Letter.txt'

console.log(normalize('\\\\.\\CdRomX')); 
//=> '//./CdRomX'

Consecutive slashes

Condenses multiple consecutive forward slashes (except for leading slashes in win32 namespaces) to a single slash.

console.log(normalize('.//foo//bar///////baz/')); 
//=> './foo/bar/baz'

Trailing slashes

By default trailing slashes are removed. Pass false as the last argument to disable this behavior and keep trailing slashes:

console.log(normalize('foo\\bar\\baz\\', false)); //=> 'foo/bar/baz/'
console.log(normalize('./foo/bar/baz/', false)); //=> './foo/bar/baz/'

Release history

v3.0

No breaking changes in this release.

• a check was added to ensure that win32 namespaces are handled properly by win32 path.parse() after a path has been normalized by this library.
• a minor optimization was made to simplify how the trailing separator was handled

About

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Building docs

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$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Related projects

Other useful path-related libraries:

• contains-path: Return true if a file path contains the given path. | homepage
• is-absolute: Returns true if a file path is absolute. Does not rely on the path module… more | homepage
• is-relative: Returns true if the path appears to be relative. | homepage
• parse-filepath: Pollyfill for node.js path.parse, parses a filepath into an object. | homepage
• path-ends-with: Return true if a file path ends with the given string/suffix. | homepage
• unixify: Convert Windows file paths to unix paths. | homepage

Contributors

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Author

Jon Schlinkert

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License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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