strip-indent
Strip leading whitespace from every line in a string
The line with the least number of leading whitespace, ignoring empty lines, determines the number to remove.
Useful for removing redundant indentation.
Install
Download manually or with a package-manager.
$ npm install --save strip-indent
$ bower install --save strip-indent
$ component install sindresorhus/strip-indent
Usage
var stripIndent = require('strip-indent');
var str = '\tunicorn\n\t\tcake';
stripIndent('\tunicorn\n\t\tcake');
Can be used with require, global and AMD in the browser.
CLI
You can also use it as a CLI app by installing it globally:
$ npm install --global strip-indent
Usage
$ strip-indent --help
Usage
$ strip-indent <file>
$ echo <string> | strip-indent
Example
$ echo '\tunicorn\n\t\tcake' | strip-indent
unicorn
cake
License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus