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# detect-file [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/detect-file.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/detect-file) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/detect-file.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/detect-file) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/detect-file.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/detect-file) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/doowb/detect-file.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/doowb/detect-file) [![Windows Build Status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/doowb/detect-file.svg?style=flat&label=AppVeyor)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/doowb/detect-file)
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> Detects if a file exists and returns the resolved filepath.
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## Install
Install with [npm ](https://www.npmjs.com/ ):
```sh
$ npm install --save detect-file
```
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Install with [yarn ](https://yarnpkg.com ):
```sh
$ yarn add detect-file
```
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## Usage
```js
var detect = require('detect-file');
```
## API
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### [detect](index.js#L33)
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Detect the given `filepath` if it exists.
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**Params**
* `filepath` ** {String}**: filepath to detect.
* `options` ** {Object}**: Additional options.
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* `options.nocase` ** {Boolean}**: Set this to `true` to force case-insensitive filename checks. This is useful on case sensitive file systems.
* `returns` ** {String}**: Returns the detected filepath if it exists, otherwise returns `null` .
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**Example**
```js
var res = detect('package.json');
console.log(res);
//=> "package.json"
var res = detect('fake-file.json');
console.log(res)
//=> null
```
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## Case sensitive file systems
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When using the `nocase` option, this library will attempt to detect the filepath with the following methods:
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1. Try to read all files in the `filepath` using `fs.readdirSync` . If successful and `filepath` is a directory, return the `filepath` .
2. Try to read all files in the `filepath` 's directory using `fs.readdirSync` . If successful, do case insensitive comparasions of the `filepath` to the files in `filepath` 's directory.
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## About
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### Related projects
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[fs-exists-sync ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fs-exists-sync ): Drop-in replacement for `fs.existsSync` with zero dependencies. Other libs I found either have crucial differences… [more ](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fs-exists-sync ) | [homepage ](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/fs-exists-sync "Drop-in replacement for `fs.existsSync` with zero dependencies. Other libs I found either have crucial differences from fs.existsSync, or unnecessary dependencies. See README.md for more info." )
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### Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue ](../../issues/new ).
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### Building docs
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_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb ](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme ), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md ](.verb.md ) readme template.)_
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To generate the readme, run the following command:
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```sh
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$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme & & verb
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```
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### Running tests
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Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
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```sh
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$ npm install & & npm test
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```
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### Author
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**Brian Woodward**
* [github/doowb ](https://github.com/doowb )
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* [twitter/doowb ](https://twitter.com/doowb )
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### License
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Copyright © 2017, [Brian Woodward ](https://github.com/doowb ).
Released under the [MIT License ](LICENSE ).
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***
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_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme ](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme ), v0.6.0, on August 05, 2017._