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is-binary-path
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Package description
The is-binary-path npm package is used to determine if a given file path is a binary file or not. It checks the file extension against a list of known binary file types.
Check if a file path is a binary file
This feature allows you to check if a file path points to a binary file by using the file extension. It returns true if the file is a binary file, otherwise false.
const isBinaryPath = require('is-binary-path');
console.log(isBinaryPath('image.png')); // true
console.log(isBinaryPath('document.txt')); // false
The binaryextensions package provides a list of binary file extensions. It is similar to is-binary-path but does not provide a function to check the file path. Instead, it provides the raw data to be used in any way needed.
The textextensions package is the opposite of is-binary-path. It provides a list of text file extensions. This can be used in conjunction with is-binary-path to determine if a file is neither binary nor text.
The istextorbinary package provides more comprehensive functionality than is-binary-path. It not only checks file extensions but also inspects file contents to determine if a file is text or binary. This can be more accurate than is-binary-path which only uses file extensions.
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Check if a file path is a binary file
$ npm install is-binary-path
const isBinaryPath = require('is-binary-path');
isBinaryPath('source/unicorn.png');
//=> true
isBinaryPath('source/unicorn.txt');
//=> false
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Check if a file path is a binary file
The npm package is-binary-path receives a total of 39,136,096 weekly downloads. As such, is-binary-path popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-binary-path demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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