Files and file systems

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• picomatchBlazing fast and accurate glob matcher written in JavaScript, with no dependencies and full support for standard and extended Bash glob features, including braces, extglobs, POSIX brackets, and regular expressions.
• globthe most correct and second fastest glob implementation in JavaScript
• glob-parentExtract the non-magic parent path from a glob string.
• locate-pathGet the first path that exists on disk of multiple paths
• ignoreIgnore is a manager and filter for .gitignore rules, the one used by eslint, gitbook and many others.
• path-existsCheck if a path exists
• fs-extrafs-extra contains methods that aren't included in the vanilla Node.js fs package. Such as recursive mkdir, copy, and remove.
• chokidarMinimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library
• readdirpRecursive version of fs.readdir with small RAM & CPU footprint
• is-globReturns `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
• graceful-fsA drop-in replacement for fs, making various improvements.
• tinyglobbyA fast and minimal alternative to globby and fast-glob
• is-extglobReturns true if a string has an extglob.
• fdirThe fastest directory crawler & globbing alternative to glob, fast-glob, & tiny-glob. Crawls 1m files in < 1s
• bracesBash-like brace expansion, implemented in JavaScript. Safer than other brace expansion libs, with complete support for the Bash 4.3 braces specification, without sacrificing speed.
• fill-rangeFill in a range of numbers or letters, optionally passing an increment or `step` to use, or create a regex-compatible range with `options.toRegex`
• form-dataA library to create readable "multipart/form-data" streams. Can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications.
• micromatchGlob matching for javascript/node.js. A replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch.
• to-regex-rangePass two numbers, get a regex-compatible source string for matching ranges. Validated against more than 2.78 million test assertions.
• rimrafA deep deletion module for node (like `rm -rf`)
• flat-cacheA simple key/value storage using files to persist the data
• fast-globIt's a very fast and efficient glob library for Node.js
• normalize-pathNormalize slashes in a file path to be posix/unix-like forward slashes. Also condenses repeat slashes to a single slash and removes and trailing slashes, unless disabled.
• make-dirMake a directory and its parents if needed - Think `mkdir -p`
• mkdirpRecursively mkdir, like `mkdir -p`
• @nodelib/fs.statGet the status of a file with some features
• @nodelib/fs.walkA library for efficiently walking a directory recursively
• @nodelib/fs.scandirList files and directories inside the specified directory
• anymatchMatches strings against configurable strings, globs, regular expressions, and/or functions
• @humanfs/nodeThe Node.js bindings of the humanfs library.
• @humanfs/coreThe core of the humanfs library.
• path-typeCheck if a path is a file, directory, or symlink
• globbyUser-friendly glob matching
• fs.realpathUse node's fs.realpath, but fall back to the JS implementation if the native one fails
• @humanfs/typesThe TypeScript types for the hfs project.
• test-excludetest for inclusion or exclusion of paths using globs
• watchpackWrapper library for directory and file watching.
• dir-globConvert directories to glob compatible strings
• tar-fsfilesystem bindings for tar-stream
• fb-watchmanBindings for the Watchman file watching service
• walkerA simple directory tree walker.
• glob-to-regexpConvert globs to regular expressions
• read-pkg-upRead the closest package.json file
• sonic-boomExtremely fast utf8 only stream implementation
• memfsIn-memory file-system with Node's fs API.
• readdir-globRecursive fs.readdir with streaming API and glob filtering.
• global-prefixGet the npm global path prefix.
• globrexGlob to regular expression with support for extended globs
• totalistA tiny (195B to 220B) utility to recursively list all (total) files in a directory
• global-modulesThe directory used by npm for globally installed npm modules.

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