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      //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('\u003cabc')); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('\u003eabc')); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid(':abc')); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('\"abc')); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('|abc')); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('?abc')); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('*abc')); //=\u003e true\n\n// true if the path has slashes and options.file is true,\n// as slashes and backslashes are invalid in file names\nconsole.log(isInvalid('foo/abc', { file: true })); //=\u003e true\nconsole.log(isInvalid('foo\\\\abc', { file: true })); //=\u003e true\n```\n\n## About\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributing\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\nPull requests and stars are always welcome. 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Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_\n\nTo generate the readme, run the following command:\n\n```sh\n$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme \u0026\u0026 verb\n```\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n### Related projects\n\nYou might also be interested in these projects:\n\n* [is-glob](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-glob): Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-glob \"Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern. This makes it easy to create code that only uses external modules like node-glob when necessary, resulting in much faster code execution and initialization time, and a bet\")\n* [is-windows](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-windows): Returns true if the platform is windows. UMD module, works with node.js, commonjs, browser, AMD… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-windows) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-windows \"Returns true if the platform is windows. UMD module, works with node.js, commonjs, browser, AMD, electron, etc.\")\n\n### Author\n\n**Jon Schlinkert**\n\n* [LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/in/jonschlinkert)\n* [GitHub Profile](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)\n* [Twitter Profile](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)\n\n### License\n\nCopyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).\nReleased under the [MIT License](LICENSE).\n\n***\n\n_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.6.0, on April 19, 2018._","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjonschlinkert%2Fis-invalid-path","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fjonschlinkert%2Fis-invalid-path","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fjonschlinkert%2Fis-invalid-path/lists"}