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> Edit a .env file string with preserved whitespace.

Installation

Node.js >= 4 is required. To install, type this at the command line:
``shell
npm install edit-dotenv
`




Usage

`js
const editDotenv = require('edit-dotenv');

const envString = VAR1=value
VAR2=value

Comment

VAR3=value\\nvalue;

const changes = {
VAR2: 'new value',
NEW: 'value'
};

editDotenv(envString, changes);
/*↴
VAR1=value
VAR2=new value

Comment

VAR3=value\\nvalue

NEW=value
*/
``

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