babel

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A transpiler which converts code from JavaScript ES6/ES7 syntax to ES5 syntax.

Examples (8)

Transpile a specified input file and output to `stdout`

babel path/to/file

Transpile a specified input file and output to a specific file

babel path/to/input_file --out-file path/to/output_file

Transpile the input file every time it is changed

babel path/to/input_file --watch

Transpile a whole directory of files

babel path/to/input_directory

Ignore specified comma-separated files in a directory

babel path/to/input_directory --ignore ignored_file1,ignored_file2,...

Transpile and output as minified JavaScript

babel path/to/input_file --minified

Choose a set of presets for output formatting

babel path/to/input_file --presets preset1,preset2,...

Display help

babel --help