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https://github.com/sindresorhus/bin-version
Get the version of a binary in semver format
https://github.com/sindresorhus/bin-version
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Get the version of a binary in semver format
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/bin-version
- Owner: sindresorhus
- License: mit
- Created: 2014-06-14T21:08:31.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-03T08:26:44.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-13T17:56:37.247Z (5 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 30.3 KB
- Stars: 43
- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- License: license
- Security: .github/security.md
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README
# binary-version
> Get the version of a binary in [semver](https://github.com/npm/node-semver) format
## Install
```sh
npm install binary-version
```
## Usage
```console
$ curl --version
curl 7.30.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.0)
```
```js
import binaryVersion from 'binary-version';
console.log(await binaryVersion('curl'));
//=> '7.30.0'
```
```console
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015
```
```js
import binaryVersion from 'binary-version';
console.log(await binaryVersion('openssl'));
//=> '1.0.2'
```
```console
$ openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015
```
```js
import binaryVersion from 'binary-version';
console.log(await binaryVersion('openssl', {args: ['version']}));
//=> '1.0.2'
```
## API
### binaryVersion(binary, options?)
Returns a `Promise` with the version of the `binary`.
#### binary
Type: `string`
The name of or path to the binary to get the version from.
#### options
Type: `object`
##### args
Type: `string[]`
The arguments to pass to `binary` so that it will print its version.
If not specified, predefined arguments will be used for known binaries, or `['--version']` and `['version']` arguments will be tried.
## Related
- [binary-version-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/binary-version-cli) - CLI for this module
- [find-versions](https://github.com/sindresorhus/find-versions) - Find semver versions in a string