max-mapper / max-mapper/xml-json

`cat something.xml | xml-json tag` fails when there's a dir named 'tag'

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Description

Since xml-json is checking for file existence, not CLI argument count, the following command does not run as expected when there's a dir named tag:

cat something.xml | xml-json tag

https://github.com/maxogden/xml-json/blob/master/cli.js#L27

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Start in cli.js at line 27 and reproduce the issue with cat something.xml | xml-json tag while a directory named tag exists. Trace how the CLI distinguishes file input from argument input, then verify that the command works as expected in that directory-name scenario.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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