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strip-bom (4.0.0)

Published 2026-02-24 14:05:45 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

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To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install strip-bom@4.0.0

or add it to the package.json file:

"strip-bom": "4.0.0"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

strip-bom

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

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.

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Install

$ npm install strip-bom

Usage

const stripBom = require('strip-bom');

stripBom('\uFEFFunicorn');
//=> 'unicorn'

Security

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Related

• strip-bom-cli - CLI for this module
• strip-bom-buf - Buffer version of this module
• strip-bom-stream - Stream version of this module

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus

Dependencies

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
ava	^1.4.1
tsd	^0.7.2
xo	^0.24.0

Keywords

strip bom byte order mark unicode utf8 utf-8 remove delete trim text string

Details

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Versions (2) View all

4.0.0 2026-02-24

3.0.0 2026-02-24