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- # strip-bom [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/strip-bom.svg?branch=master)](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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- ```
- $ npm install --save strip-bom
- ```
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- ## Usage
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- ```js
- var fs = require('fs');
- var stripBom = require('strip-bom');
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- stripBom('\uFEFFunicorn');
- //=> 'unicorn'
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- stripBom(fs.readFileSync('unicorn.txt'));
- //=> 'unicorn'
- ```
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-
- ## Related
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- - [strip-bom-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom-cli) - CLI for this module
- - [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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