# min-indent [](https://travis-ci.org/thejameskyle/min-indent) | |
> Get the shortest leading whitespace from lines in a string | |
The line with the least number of leading whitespace, ignoring empty lines, determines the number. | |
Useful for removing redundant indentation. | |
## Install | |
``` | |
$ npm install --save min-indent | |
``` | |
## Usage | |
```js | |
const minIndent = require('min-indent'); | |
const str = '\tunicorn\n\t\tcake'; | |
/* | |
unicorn | |
cake | |
*/ | |
minIndent(str); // 1 | |
``` | |
## Related | |
- [strip-indent](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-indent) - Strip leading whitespace from each line in a string | |
- [strip-indent-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-indent-cli) - CLI for this module | |
- [indent-string](https://github.com/sindresorhus/indent-string) - Indent each line in a string | |
## License | |
MIT © [James Kyle](https://thejameskyle.com) | |