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---
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title: Convert to absolute path
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type: snippet
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language: javascript
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tags: [node,string]
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cover: lighthouse
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dateModified: 2020-10-22T20:24:44+03:00
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---
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Converts a tilde path to an absolute path.
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- Use `String.prototype.replace()` with a regular expression and `os.homedir()` to replace the `~` in the start of the path with the home directory.
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```js
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const untildify = str =>
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str.replace(/^~($|\/|\\)/, `${require('os').homedir()}$1`);
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```
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```js
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untildify('~/node'); // '/Users/aUser/node'
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```
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