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. Windows also doesn't allow names ending in space or period.

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.