--- /dev/null
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const shebangCommand = require('shebang-command');
+
+function readShebang(command) {
+ // Read the first 150 bytes from the file
+ const size = 150;
+ let buffer;
+
+ if (Buffer.alloc) {
+ // Node.js v4.5+ / v5.10+
+ buffer = Buffer.alloc(size);
+ } else {
+ // Old Node.js API
+ buffer = new Buffer(size);
+ buffer.fill(0); // zero-fill
+ }
+
+ let fd;
+
+ try {
+ fd = fs.openSync(command, 'r');
+ fs.readSync(fd, buffer, 0, size, 0);
+ fs.closeSync(fd);
+ } catch (e) { /* Empty */ }
+
+ // Attempt to extract shebang (null is returned if not a shebang)
+ return shebangCommand(buffer.toString());
+}
+
+module.exports = readShebang;