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# 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](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```
$ npm install --save normalize-path
```

## Usage

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

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

**win32 namespaces**

```js
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.

```js
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*:

```js
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](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa365247\(v=vs.85\).aspx#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

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<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/issues/new/README.md).

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>

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
```

</details>

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<summary><strong>Building docs</strong></summary>

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```
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### Related projects

Other useful path-related libraries:

* [contains-path](https://www.npmjs.com/package/contains-path): Return true if a file path contains the given path. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/contains-path)
* [is-absolute](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-absolute): Returns true if a file path is absolute. Does not rely on the path module… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-absolute) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-absolute)
* [is-relative](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-relative): Returns `true` if the path appears to be relative. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-relative)
* [parse-filepath](https://www.npmjs.com/package/parse-filepath): Pollyfill for node.js `path.parse`, parses a filepath into an object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/parse-filepath)
* [path-ends-with](https://www.npmjs.com/package/path-ends-with): Return `true` if a file path ends with the given string/suffix. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/path-ends-with)
* [unixify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/unixify): Convert Windows file paths to unix paths. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/unixify)

### Contributors

| **Commits** | **Contributor**                                   |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| 35          | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 1           | [phated](https://github.com/phated)               |

### Author

**Jon Schlinkert**

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### License

Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). Released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/bgoonz/Learning-Redux/blob/master/repos/examples/real-world/node_modules/normalize-path/LICENSE/README.md).

***

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