30-seconds-of-code/snippets/js/s/convert-to-absolute-path.md

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title	type	language	tags	cover	dateModified
Convert to absolute path	snippet	javascript	node string	lighthouse	2020-10-22T20:24:44+03:00

Converts a tilde path to an absolute path.

• Use String.prototype.replace() with a regular expression and os.homedir() to replace the ~ in the start of the path with the home directory.

const untildify = str =>
  str.replace(/^~($|\/|\\)/, `${require('os').homedir()}$1`);

untildify('~/node'); // '/Users/aUser/node'