untildify

What is untildify?

The untildify npm package is used to convert a tilde path to an absolute path. It expands the tilde (~) in file paths to the user's home directory, which is particularly useful in Node.js applications where file paths are often specified in configuration files or command line arguments.

What are untildify's main functionalities?

Path Expansion

This feature allows the expansion of the tilde (~) symbol to the user's home directory in a file path. It's useful for scripts and applications that need to access user-specific directories without hardcoding absolute paths.

const untildify = require('untildify');
console.log(untildify('~/Desktop')); // Outputs absolute path to the Desktop directory

Other packages similar to untildify

os-homedir

Similar to untildify, os-homedir is used to get the home directory of the current user. However, it does not convert paths but only provides the home directory path. Untildify builds on this by converting a tilde-based path to an absolute path.

user-home

This package is similar to os-homedir but was more popular before Node.js v2.3.0, which included os.homedir() in its API. Like os-homedir, user-home retrieves the user's home directory but does not expand paths like untildify.

README

untildify

Convert a tilde path to an absolute path: ~/dev → /Users/sindresorhus/dev

Install

npm install untildify

Usage

import untildify from 'untildify';

untildify('~/dev');
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev'

Related

See tildify for the inverse.