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40 lines
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# strip-bom [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/strip-bom)
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> Strip UTF-8 [byte order mark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark#UTF-8) (BOM) from a string/buffer
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From Wikipedia:
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> 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
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```
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$ npm install --save strip-bom
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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var fs = require('fs');
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var stripBom = require('strip-bom');
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stripBom('\uFEFFunicorn');
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//=> 'unicorn'
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stripBom(fs.readFileSync('unicorn.txt'));
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//=> 'unicorn'
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```
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## Related
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- [strip-bom-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom-cli) - CLI for this module
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- [strip-bom-stream](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom-stream) - Stream version of this module
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## License
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](http://sindresorhus.com)
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