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- # isBinaryFile
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- Detects if a file is binary in Node.js using ✨promises✨. Similar to [Perl's `-B` switch](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/899206/how-does-perl-know-a-file-is-binary), in that:
- - it reads the first few thousand bytes of a file
- - checks for a `null` byte; if it's found, it's binary
- - flags non-ASCII characters. After a certain number of "weird" characters, the file is flagged as binary
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- Much of the logic is pretty much ported from [ag](https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher).
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- Note: if the file doesn't exist or is a directory, an error is thrown.
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- ## Installation
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- ```
- npm install isbinaryfile
- ```
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- ## Usage
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- Returns `Promise<boolean>` (or just `boolean` for `*Sync`). `true` if the file is binary, `false` otherwise.
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- ### isBinaryFile(filepath)
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- * `filepath` - a `string` indicating the path to the file.
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- ### isBinaryFile(bytes[, size])
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- * `bytes` - a `Buffer` of the file's contents.
- * `size` - an optional `number` indicating the file size.
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- ### isBinaryFileSync(filepath)
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- * `filepath` - a `string` indicating the path to the file.
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- ### isBinaryFileSync(bytes[, size])
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- * `bytes` - a `Buffer` of the file's contents.
- * `size` - an optional `number` indicating the file size.
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- ### Examples
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- Here's an arbitrary usage:
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- ```javascript
- const isBinaryFile = require("isbinaryfile").isBinaryFile;
- const fs = require("fs");
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- const filename = "fixtures/pdf.pdf";
- const data = fs.readFileSync(filename);
- const stat = fs.lstatSync(filename);
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- isBinaryFile(data, stat.size).then((result) => {
- if (result) {
- console.log("It is binary!")
- }
- else {
- console.log("No it is not.")
- }
- });
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- const isBinaryFileSync = require("isbinaryfile").isBinaryFileSync;
- const bytes = fs.readFileSync(filename);
- const size = fs.lstatSync(filename).size;
- console.log(isBinaryFileSync(bytes, size)); // true or false
- ```
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- ## Testing
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- Run `npm install`, then run `npm test`.
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