# min-indent [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/thejameskyle/min-indent.svg?branch=master)](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)