find-up

Find a file by walking up parent directories

Install

$ npm install --save find-up

Usage

/
└── Users
    └── sindresorhus
        ├── unicorn.png
        └── foo
            └── bar
                ├── baz
                └── example.js

// example.js
const findUp = require('find-up');

findUp('unicorn.png').then(filepath => {
    console.log(filepath);
    //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/unicorn.png'
});

API

findUp(filename, [options])

Returns a promise for the filepath or null.

findUp.sync(filename, [options])

Returns a filepath or null.

filename

Type: string

Filename of the file to find.

options

cwd

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

Directory to start from.

Related

• find-up-cli - CLI for this module
• pkg-up - Find the closest package.json file
• pkg-dir - Find the root directory of an npm package

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus