wishthis/node_modules/strip-bom-buf

strip-bom-buf

Strip UTF-8 byte order mark (BOM) from a buffer

From Wikipedia:

The Unicode Standard permits the BOM in UTF-8, but does not require nor recommend its use. Byte order has no meaning in UTF-8.

Install

$ npm install strip-bom-buf

Usage

const fs = require('fs');
const stripBomBuffer = require('strip-bom-buf');

stripBomBuffer(fs.readFileSync('unicorn.txt'));
//=> 'unicorn'

Related

• strip-bom - String version of this module
• strip-bom-stream - Stream version of this module

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus