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# find-up [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/find-up) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/sindresorhus/find-up/branch/master)
> Find a file or directory by walking up parent directories
## Install
```
$ npm install find-up
```
## Usage
```
/
└── Users
└── sindresorhus
├── unicorn.png
└── foo
└── bar
├── baz
└── example.js
```
`example.js`
```js
const findUp = require('find-up');
(async () => {
console.log(await findUp('unicorn.png'));
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/unicorn.png'
console.log(await findUp(['rainbow.png', 'unicorn.png']));
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/unicorn.png'
})();
```
## API
### findUp(filename, [options])
Returns a `Promise` for either the filepath or `null` if it couldn't be found.
### findUp([filenameA, filenameB], [options])
Returns a `Promise` for either the first filepath found (by respecting the order) or `null` if none could be found.
### findUp.sync(filename, [options])
Returns a filepath or `null`.
### findUp.sync([filenameA, filenameB], [options])
Returns the first filepath found (by respecting the order) or `null`.
#### filename
Type: `string`
Filename of the file to find.
#### options
Type: `Object`
##### cwd
Type: `string`<br>
Default: `process.cwd()`
Directory to start from.
## Related
- [find-up-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/find-up-cli) - CLI for this module
- [pkg-up](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pkg-up) - Find the closest package.json file
- [pkg-dir](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pkg-dir) - Find the root directory of an npm package
- [resolve-from](https://github.com/sindresorhus/resolve-from) - Resolve the path of a module like `require.resolve()` but from a given path
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
