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The text utility makes it easier to read and write to any file within in your checks. This utility expects an absolute path to a JSON file and returns an object with methods that help you read and write to any file.
import { json } from 'commonality';

const readme = text('/path/from/root/README.md');

exists

() => Promise<boolean>
Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the file exists on disk.

Example

const exists = await text('/path/from/root/README.md').exists();

console.log(exists);
// true

get

() => Promise<string[] | undefined>

Returns

Returns the contents of a file as an array of strings representing each line. If the file does not exist, undefined will be returned.

Example

const readme = await text('/path/from/root/README.md').get();

console.log(readme);
// [
//   '# My Package',
//   '',
//   'This is my package',
// ]

contains

(value: string[]) => Promise<boolean>

Parameters

value
string[]
required
An array of strings, representing lines of text.

Returns

Returns a boolean value indicating whether specified lines exist in the file. If the file does not exist, false will be returned.

Example

const containsLines = await text('.npmignore').contains([
  'dist',
]);

console.log(containsLines);
// true

set

(lines: string[]) => Promise<void>
Overwrites the entire contents of a file with the provided lines of text. If the file does not exist, it will be created.

Parameters

lines
string[]
required
An array of strings, representing lines of text.

Example

await text('/path/from/root/README.md').set([
  '# My Package',
  '',
  'This is my package',
]);

remove

(lines: string[]) => Promise<void>
Removes lines of text from a file, if they exist. Lines of text that are not included in the array will not be affected.

Parameters

lines
string[]
required
An array of strings, representing lines of text.

Example

await text('/path/from/root/README.md').remove(['# My Package']);

delete

() => Promise<void>
Deletes a file from disk.

Example

await text('/path/from/root/README.md').delete();