path-starts-with

Returns true if a filepath starts with the given string. Works with windows and posix/unix paths.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save path-starts-with

Usage

var startsWith = require('path-starts-with');

console.log(startsWith('foo/bar', 'foo')); //=> true
console.log(startsWith('foo/bar', 'bar')); //=> false

Negation

Prefix the substring with ! to return true when the path does not start with the substring.

console.log(startsWith('foo/bar', '!foo')); //=> false
console.log(startsWith('foo/bar', '!bar')); //=> true

options

options.nocase

Type: boolean

Default: false

Disable case sensitivity.

startsWith('foo/bar', 'FOO');                 
//=> false
startsWith('foo/bar', 'FOO', {nocase: true}); 
//=> true

options.partialMatch

Type: boolean

Default: false

Allow partial matches:

startsWith('foobar', 'foo');  //=> false                 
startsWith('foo.bar', 'foo'); //=> false                 

startsWith('foobar', 'foo', {partialMatch: true});  //=> true 
startsWith('foo.bar', 'foo', {partialMatch: true}); //=> true 

Comparison behavior

Windows paths

Backslashes are converted to forward slashes before the comparison is done. Thus, both of the following would be true:

console.log(startsWith('foo\\bar', 'foo/bar')); //=> true
console.log(startsWith('foo/bar', 'foo\\bar')); //=> true

Leading dot-slash

Leading ./ is stripped from both the filepath and substring. Thus, both of the following would be true:

console.log(startsWith('./foo/bar', 'foo')); //=> true
console.log(startsWith('foo/bar', './foo')); //=> true

Leading slashes

When the substring is prefixed with leading slashes, the number of leading slashes must match exactly.

console.log(startsWith('/foo', '/foo'));      //=> true
console.log(startsWith('/foo/bar', '/foo'));  //=> true

console.log(startsWith('/foo/bar', '//foo')); //=> false
console.log(startsWith('//foo/bar', '/foo')); //=> false

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Related projects

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• contains-path: Return true if a file path contains the given path. | homepage
• normalize-path: Normalize slashes in a file path to be posix/unix-like forward slashes. Also condenses repeat slashes… more | homepage
• path-ends-with: Return true if a file path ends with the given string/suffix. | homepage

Author

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License

Copyright © 2023, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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