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# detect-newline

> Detect the dominant newline character of a string

## Install

```
$ npm install --save detect-newline
```

## Usage

```js
const detectNewline = require('detect-newline');

detectNewline('foo\nbar\nbaz\r\n');
//=> '\n'
```

## API

### detectNewline(input)

Returns detected newline or `null` when no newline character is found.

### detectNewline.graceful(input)

Returns detected newline or  when no newline character is found.

## Related

* [detect-newline-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/detect-newline-cli) - CLI for this module
* [detect-indent](https://github.com/sindresorhus/detect-indent) - Detect the indentation of code

## License

MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)