npm-root

Display npm root

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Synopsis

npm root [-g]

Description

Print the effective node_modules folder to standard out.

Useful for using npm in shell scripts that do things with the node_modules folder. For example:

#!/bin/bash
global_node_modules="$(npm root --global)"
echo "Global packages installed in: ${global_node_modules}"

Configuration

global

Operates in “global” mode, so that packages are installed into the prefix folder instead of the current working directory. See folders for more on the differences in behavior.

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