babel

# babel

> A transpiler which converts code from JavaScript ES6/ES7 syntax to ES5 syntax.
> More information: <https://babeljs.io/>.

- 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_files}}

- 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 {{presets}}

- Output all available options:

babel --help