Function asImageFilePath

src/utils/imagePaste.ts:335–344

(text: string)

 * @returns Cleaned text with quotes removed, whitespace trimmed, and shell escapes removed, or null if not an image path
 */
export function asImageFilePath(text: string): string | null {
  const cleaned = removeOuterQuotes(text.trim())
  const unescaped = stripBackslashEscapes(cleaned)

  if (IMAGE_EXTENSION_REGEX.test(unescaped)) {
    return unescaped
  }

  return null
}

/**
 * Try to find and read an image file, falling back to clipboard search