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# is-invalid-path [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/is-invalid-path.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-invalid-path) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/is-invalid-path.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/is-invalid-path) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/is-invalid-path.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/is-invalid-path) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/is-invalid-path.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/is-invalid-path)
> Returns true if a windows file path has invalid characters.
Please consider following this project's author, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save is-invalid-path
```
## Usage
```js
const isInvalid = require('is-invalid-path');
// true if the path is not a string or has invalid characters
console.log(isInvalid()); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('<abc')); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('>abc')); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid(':abc')); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('"abc')); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('|abc')); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('?abc')); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('*abc')); //=> true
// true if the path has slashes and options.file is true,
// as slashes and backslashes are invalid in file names
console.log(isInvalid('foo/abc', { file: true })); //=> true
console.log(isInvalid('foo\\abc', { file: true })); //=> true
```
## About
<details>
<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
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### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
* [is-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-glob): Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob "Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern. This makes it easy to create code that only uses external modules like node-glob when necessary, resulting in much faster code execution and initialization time, and a bet")
* [is-windows](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-windows): Returns true if the platform is windows. UMD module, works with node.js, commonjs, browser, AMD… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-windows) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-windows "Returns true if the platform is windows. UMD module, works with node.js, commonjs, browser, AMD, electron, etc.")
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
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### License
Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
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