.TH "NPM\-ROOT" "1" "undefined NaN" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-root\fR \- Display npm root
.SS Synopsis
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm root [\-g]
.fi
.RE
.SS Description
.P
Print the effective \fBnode_modules\fP folder to standard out\.
.P
Useful for using npm in shell scripts that do things with the
\fBnode_modules\fP folder\.  For example:
.P
.RS 2
.nf
#!/bin/bash
global_node_modules="$(npm root \-\-global)"
echo "Global packages installed in: ${global_node_modules}"
.fi
.RE
.SS See Also
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help prefix
.IP \(bu 2
npm help bin
.IP \(bu 2
npm help folders
.IP \(bu 2
npm help config
.IP \(bu 2
npm help npmrc

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