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NPM-PREFIX(1) General Commands Manual NPM-PREFIX(1)

NAME

npm-prefix

Synopsis

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Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Description

Print the local prefix to standard output. This is the closest parent directory
to contain a package.json file or node_modules directory, unless -g is
also specified.

If -g is specified, this will be the value of the global prefix. See
npm config for more detail.

Example

npm prefix
/usr/local/projects/foo
npm prefix -g
/usr/local

Configuration

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See Also

  • npm root
  • npm bin
  • npm folders
  • npm config
  • npmrc

May 2024 9.2.0