is-text-path
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Check if a file path is a text file
npm install is-text-path
import isTextPath from 'is-text-path';
isTextPath('source/unicorn.txt');
//=> true
isTextPath('source/unicorn.png');
//=> false
text-extensions - List of text file extensionsis-binary-path - Check if a file path is a binary fileThe is-binary-path package checks if a given file path points to a binary file. It is similar to is-text-path but focuses on binary files instead of text files.
The file-type package detects the file type of a Buffer or Uint8Array. It is more comprehensive than is-text-path as it can identify a wide range of file types, not just text files.
The mime package is used to look up the MIME type of a file based on its extension. It provides more detailed information about the file type compared to is-text-path, which only checks if a file is a text file.
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Check if a file path is a text file
The npm package is-text-path receives a total of 4,794,136 weekly downloads. As such, is-text-path popularity was classified as popular.
We found that is-text-path demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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