filename-reserved-regex

Regular expression for matching reserved filename characters

On Unix-like systems / is reserved and <>:"/\|?* as well as non-printable characters \u0000-\u001F on Windows.

Install

$ npm install filename-reserved-regex

Usage

import filenameReservedRegex, {windowsReservedNameRegex} from 'filename-reserved-regex';

filenameReservedRegex().test('foo/bar');
//=> true

filenameReservedRegex().test('foo-bar');
//=> false

'foo/bar'.replace(filenameReservedRegex(), '!');
//=> 'foo!bar'

windowsReservedNameRegex().test('aux');
//=> true

API

filenameReservedRegex()

Returns a regex that matches all invalid characters.

windowsReservedNameRegex()

Returns an exact-match case-insensitive regex that matches invalid Windows filenames. These include CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8 and LPT9.

cjser

This package is a CommonJS-compatible build generated by cjser for projects that still need require() support. The source version matches the original npm package version, with a cjser prerelease suffix for this generated build. Original repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/filename-reserved-regex