rpclibrary/node_modules/find-up

find-up

Find a file or directory by walking up parent directories

Install

$ npm install find-up

Usage

/
└── Users
		└── sindresorhus
				├── unicorn.png
				└── foo
						└── bar
								├── baz
								└── example.js

example.js

const findUp = require('find-up');

(async () => {
	console.log(await findUp('unicorn.png'));
	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/unicorn.png'

	console.log(await findUp(['rainbow.png', 'unicorn.png']));
	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/unicorn.png'
})();

API

findUp(filename, [options])

Returns a Promise for either the filepath or null if it couldn’t be found.

findUp([filenameA, filenameB], [options])

Returns a Promise for either the first filepath found (by respecting the order) or null if none could be found.

findUp.sync(filename, [options])

Returns a filepath or null.

findUp.sync([filenameA, filenameB], [options])

Returns the first filepath found (by respecting the order) or null.

filename

Type: string

Filename of the file to find.

options

Type: Object

cwd

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

Directory to start from.

Related

• find-up-cli - CLI for this module
• pkg-up - Find the closest package.json file
• pkg-dir - Find the root directory of an npm package
• resolve-from - Resolve the path of a module like require.resolve() but from a given path

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus