help: tweaks to compressed filename matching

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lib/help.js b/lib/help.js
index d2debadbf..cb1d5715f 100644
--- a/lib/help.js
+++ b/lib/help.js
@@ -59,25 +59,20 @@ function help (args, cb) {
   var manroot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "man")
 
   // legacy
-  if (section === "global")
-    section = "folders"
-  else if (section === "json")
-    section = "package.json"
+  if (section === "global") section = "folders"
+  else if (section === "json") section = "package.json"
 
   // find either /section.n or /npm-section.n
-  var compext = "\.+(gz|bz2|lzma|[FYzZ]|xz)"
+  var compext = "\\.+(gz|bz2|lzma|[FYzZ]|xz)$"
   var f = "+(npm-" + section + "|" + section + ").[0-9]?(" + compext + ")"
   return glob(manroot + "/*/" + f, function (er, mans) {
-    if (er)
-      return cb(er)
+    if (er) return cb(er)
 
-    if (!mans.length)
-      return npm.commands["help-search"](args, cb)
+    if (!mans.length) return npm.commands["help-search"](args, cb)
 
     mans = mans.map(function (man) {
       var ext = path.extname(man)
-      if (ext.match(compext))
-        man = path.basename(man, ext)
+      if (man.match(new RegExp(compext))) man = path.basename(man, ext)
 
       return man
     })