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NPM-ROOT(1) NPM-ROOT(1)

npm-root - Display npm root

npm root [-g]

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}"

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