slash

What is slash?

The 'slash' npm package is used to convert Windows backslash paths to slash paths, which are commonly used in Unix-based systems. This is particularly useful when working with file paths in a cross-platform environment, ensuring that paths are handled consistently across different operating systems.

What are slash's main functionalities?

Convert Windows backslash paths to slash paths

This feature takes a Windows-style backslash path and converts it to a Unix-style slash path. It's useful for ensuring that file paths are compatible with Unix-based systems or tools that expect forward slashes.

const slash = require('slash');
const path = 'C:\\Users\\User\\file.txt';
const convertedPath = slash(path);
console.log(convertedPath); // 'C:/Users/User/file.txt'

Other packages similar to slash

upath

The 'upath' package extends the native 'path' module and normalizes paths to always use forward slashes. It provides similar functionality to 'slash' but also includes other path manipulation utilities.

normalize-path

The 'normalize-path' package is used to remove trailing slashes and convert Windows backslash paths to slash paths. It is similar to 'slash' but also focuses on normalizing paths by removing redundant slashes.

README

slash

Convert Windows backslash paths to slash paths: foo\\bar ➔ foo/bar

Forward-slash paths can be used in Windows as long as they're not extended-length paths and don't contain any non-ascii characters.

This was created since the path methods in Node outputs \\ paths on Windows.

Install

$ npm install --save slash

$ bower install --save win-slash

$ component install sindresorhus/slash

Usage

var path = require('path');
var slash = require('slash');

var str = path.join('foo', 'bar');
console.log(str);
// Unix    => foo/bar
// Windows => foo\\bar

if (process.platform === 'win32') {
  str = slash(str);
}

console.log(str);
// Unix    => foo/bar
// Windows => foo/bar

API

slash(path)

Type: string

Accepts a Windows backslash path and returns a slash path.

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus