# kebabcase > Convert a string to kebab case.
## Usage ```javascript var kebabcase = require( '@stdlib/string/kebabcase' ); ``` #### kebabcase( str ) Converts a string to kebab case. ```javascript var str = kebabcase( 'Foo Bar' ); // returns 'foo-bar' str = kebabcase( 'I am a tiny little house' ); // returns 'i-am-a-tiny-little-house' str = kebabcase( 'Hello World!' ); // returns 'hello-world' ```
## Examples ```javascript var kebabcase = require( '@stdlib/string/kebabcase' ); var str = 'foo bar baz'; var out = kebabcase( str ); // returns 'foo-bar-baz' str = 'foo_baz'; out = kebabcase( str ); // returns 'foo-baz' str = 'foo-bar-baz!'; out = kebabcase( str ); // returns 'foo-bar-baz' str = 'beep boop!'; out = kebabcase( str ); // returns 'beep-boop' str = 'foo-baz'; out = kebabcase( str ); // returns 'foo-baz' str = 'Welcome! 😀'; out = kebabcase( str ); // returns 'welcome-😀' ```
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## CLI
### Usage ```text Usage: kebabcase [options] [] Options: -h, --help Print this message. -V, --version Print the package version. --split sep Delimiter for stdin data. Default: '/\\r?\\n/'. ```
### Notes - If the split separator is a [regular expression][mdn-regexp], ensure that the `split` option is either properly escaped or enclosed in quotes. ```bash # Not escaped... $ echo -n $'beEp booP\nisMobile' | kebabcase --split /\r?\n/ # Escaped... $ echo -n $'beEp booP\nisMobile' | kebabcase --split /\\r?\\n/ ``` - The implementation ignores trailing delimiters.
### Examples ```bash $ kebabcase 'hello world!' hello-world ``` To use as a [standard stream][standard-streams], ```bash $ echo -n 'beEp booP' | kebabcase beep-boop ``` By default, when used as a [standard stream][standard-streams], the implementation assumes newline-delimited data. To specify an alternative delimiter, set the `split` option. ```bash $ echo -n 'beep_boop\tisMobile' | kebabcase --split '\t' beep-boop is-mobile ```