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# Remove UTF-8 BOM

> Remove a UTF-8 [byte order mark][bom] (BOM) from the beginning of a string.

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## Usage

```javascript
var removeUTF8BOM = require( '@stdlib/string/remove-utf8-bom' );
```

#### removeUTF8BOM( str )

Removes a UTF-8 [byte order mark][bom] (BOM) from the beginning of a `string`.

```javascript
var str = removeUTF8BOM( '\ufeffbeep' );
// returns 'beep'
```

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## Examples

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```javascript
var removeUTF8BOM = require( '@stdlib/string/remove-utf8-bom' );

var str = removeUTF8BOM( '\ufeffbeep' );
// returns 'beep'

str = removeUTF8BOM( 'boop\ufeff' );
// returns 'boop\ufeff'

str = removeUTF8BOM( 'be\ufeffbop' );
// returns 'be\ufeffbop'

str = removeUTF8BOM( 'foobar' );
// returns 'foobar'
```

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## CLI

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### Usage

```text
Usage: remove-utf8-bom [options] [<string>]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
```

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### Examples

Assuming a shell which understands escape sequences,

```bash
$ remove-utf8-bom "\xEF\xBB\xBFbeep boop"
beep boop
```

To use as a [standard stream][standard-streams],

```bash
$ echo -n '\ufeffbeep' | remove-utf8-bom
beep
```

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[bom]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark#UTF-8

[standard-streams]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams

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