| # strip-bom [](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 |
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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 |
| const stripBom = require('strip-bom'); |
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| stripBom('\uFEFFunicorn'); |
| //=> 'unicorn' |
| ``` |
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| |
| ## Related |
| |
| - [strip-bom-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom-cli) - CLI for this module |
| - [strip-bom-buf](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-bom-buf) - Buffer version of 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](https://sindresorhus.com) |
