Shebang File

Parse the shebang (if any) of a file.

Install

npm install shebang-file

Usage

const shebangFile = require("shebang-file");
 
(async () => {
    await shebangFile("myScript.sh");
    //=> 'bash'
})();

API

shebangFile(filename)

filename

Type: string

The filename to parse the shebang from.

Migrating from v1

• If a shebang isn't found, undefined is now returned instead of null.
• Bluebird promises have been swapped out for native ones.
• The minimum required Node.js version is now 8.x.