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'
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