convert-filename-ja

Convert a string to be able to use as a filename with Japanese characters.

Install

npm install convert-filename-ja

Usage

convert returns a string to safe use for filename.

• Remove control characters (0x00–0x1f and 0x80–0x9f)
• Remove reserved filenames on UNIX/Windows
  • '.'
  • '..'
  • 'con', 'prn', 'aux', 'nul'
  • 'com1', 'com2', 'com3', 'com4', 'com5', 'com6', 'com7', 'com8', 'com9'
  • 'lpt1', 'lpt2', 'lpt3', 'lpt4', 'lpt5', 'lpt6', 'lpt7', 'lpt8', 'lpt9'
  • Remove prefix space and suffix space and dot
• Convert reserved characters ( / ? < > ¥ \ : * | " ) to Japanese double byte characters.
• Remove characters over 255

const converter = require('convert-filename-ja');
 
const parentDir         = converter.convert('..'); // ''
const convertDoublebyte = converter.convert('filename<2018/06/08>.txt.'); // 'filename＜2018／06／08＞.txt'
const nonProcessed      = converter.convert('filenme.txt'); // 'filename.txt'

Refer

https://github.com/parshap/node-sanitize-filename