123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294 |
- <html><head>
- <title>npx</title>
- <style>
- body {
- background-color: #ffffff;
- color: #24292e;
- margin: 0;
- line-height: 1.5;
- font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji";
- }
- #rainbar {
- height: 10px;
- background-image: linear-gradient(139deg, #fb8817, #ff4b01, #c12127, #e02aff);
- }
- a {
- text-decoration: none;
- color: #0366d6;
- }
- a:hover {
- text-decoration: underline;
- }
- pre {
- margin: 1em 0px;
- padding: 1em;
- border: solid 1px #e1e4e8;
- border-radius: 6px;
- display: block;
- overflow: auto;
- white-space: pre;
- background-color: #f6f8fa;
- color: #393a34;
- }
- code {
- font-family: SFMono-Regular, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Menlo, Courier, monospace;
- font-size: 85%;
- padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
- background-color: #f6f8fa;
- color: #393a34;
- }
- pre > code {
- padding: 0;
- background-color: inherit;
- color: inherit;
- }
- h1, h2, h3 {
- font-weight: 600;
- }
- #logobar {
- background-color: #333333;
- margin: 0 auto;
- padding: 1em 4em;
- }
- #logobar .logo {
- float: left;
- }
- #logobar .title {
- font-weight: 600;
- color: #dddddd;
- float: left;
- margin: 5px 0 0 1em;
- }
- #logobar:after {
- content: "";
- display: block;
- clear: both;
- }
- #content {
- margin: 0 auto;
- padding: 0 4em;
- }
- #table_of_contents > h2 {
- font-size: 1.17em;
- }
- #table_of_contents ul:first-child {
- border: solid 1px #e1e4e8;
- border-radius: 6px;
- padding: 1em;
- background-color: #f6f8fa;
- color: #393a34;
- }
- #table_of_contents ul {
- list-style-type: none;
- padding-left: 1.5em;
- }
- #table_of_contents li {
- font-size: 0.9em;
- }
- #table_of_contents li a {
- color: #000000;
- }
- header.title {
- border-bottom: solid 1px #e1e4e8;
- }
- header.title > h1 {
- margin-bottom: 0.25em;
- }
- header.title > .description {
- display: block;
- margin-bottom: 0.5em;
- line-height: 1;
- }
- footer#edit {
- border-top: solid 1px #e1e4e8;
- margin: 3em 0 4em 0;
- padding-top: 2em;
- }
- </style>
- </head>
- <body>
- <div id="banner">
- <div id="rainbar"></div>
- <div id="logobar">
- <svg class="logo" role="img" height="32" width="32" viewBox="0 0 700 700">
- <polygon fill="#cb0000" points="0,700 700,700 700,0 0,0"></polygon>
- <polygon fill="#ffffff" points="150,550 350,550 350,250 450,250 450,550 550,550 550,150 150,150"></polygon>
- </svg>
- <div class="title">
- npm command-line interface
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <section id="content">
- <header class="title">
- <h1 id="npx">npx</h1>
- <span class="description">Run a command from a local or remote npm package</span>
- </header>
- <section id="table_of_contents">
- <h2 id="table-of-contents">Table of contents</h2>
- <div id="_table_of_contents"><ul><li><a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li><li><a href="#description">Description</a></li><li><a href="#npx-vs-npm-exec"><code>npx</code> vs <code>npm exec</code></a></li><li><a href="#examples">Examples</a></li><li><a href="#compatibility-with-older-npx-versions">Compatibility with Older npx Versions</a></li><li><a href="#see-also">See Also</a></li></ul></div>
- </section>
- <div id="_content"><h3 id="synopsis">Synopsis</h3>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>npm exec -- <pkg>[@<version>] [args...]
- npm exec --package=<pkg>[@<version>] -- <cmd> [args...]
- npm exec -c '<cmd> [args...]'
- npm exec --package=foo -c '<cmd> [args...]'
- npx <pkg>[@<specifier>] [args...]
- npx -p <pkg>[@<specifier>] <cmd> [args...]
- npx -c '<cmd> [args...]'
- npx -p <pkg>[@<specifier>] -c '<cmd> [args...]'
- alias: npm x, npx
- --package=<pkg> (may be specified multiple times)
- -p is a shorthand for --package only when using npx executable
- -c <cmd> --call=<cmd> (may not be mixed with positional arguments)
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="description">Description</h3>
- <p>This command allows you to run an arbitrary command from an npm package
- (either one installed locally, or fetched remotely), in a similar context
- as running it via <code>npm run</code>.</p>
- <p>Whatever packages are specified by the <code>--package</code> option will be
- provided in the <code>PATH</code> of the executed command, along with any locally
- installed package executables. The <code>--package</code> option may be
- specified multiple times, to execute the supplied command in an environment
- where all specified packages are available.</p>
- <p>If any requested packages are not present in the local project
- dependencies, then they are installed to a folder in the npm cache, which
- is added to the <code>PATH</code> environment variable in the executed process. A
- prompt is printed (which can be suppressed by providing either <code>--yes</code> or
- <code>--no</code>).</p>
- <p>Package names provided without a specifier will be matched with whatever
- version exists in the local project. Package names with a specifier will
- only be considered a match if they have the exact same name and version as
- the local dependency.</p>
- <p>If no <code>-c</code> or <code>--call</code> option is provided, then the positional arguments
- are used to generate the command string. If no <code>--package</code> options
- are provided, then npm will attempt to determine the executable name from
- the package specifier provided as the first positional argument according
- to the following heuristic:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>If the package has a single entry in its <code>bin</code> field in <code>package.json</code>,
- or if all entries are aliases of the same command, then that command
- will be used.</li>
- <li>If the package has multiple <code>bin</code> entries, and one of them matches the
- unscoped portion of the <code>name</code> field, then that command will be used.</li>
- <li>If this does not result in exactly one option (either because there are
- no bin entries, or none of them match the <code>name</code> of the package), then
- <code>npm exec</code> exits with an error.</li>
- </ul>
- <p>To run a binary <em>other than</em> the named binary, specify one or more
- <code>--package</code> options, which will prevent npm from inferring the package from
- the first command argument.</p>
- <h3 id="npx-vs-npm-exec"><code>npx</code> vs <code>npm exec</code></h3>
- <p>When run via the <code>npx</code> binary, all flags and options <em>must</em> be set prior to
- any positional arguments. When run via <code>npm exec</code>, a double-hyphen <code>--</code>
- flag can be used to suppress npm’s parsing of switches and options that
- should be sent to the executed command.</p>
- <p>For example:</p>
- <pre><code>$ npx foo@latest bar --package=@npmcli/foo
- </code></pre>
- <p>In this case, npm will resolve the <code>foo</code> package name, and run the
- following command:</p>
- <pre><code>$ foo bar --package=@npmcli/foo
- </code></pre>
- <p>Since the <code>--package</code> option comes <em>after</em> the positional arguments, it is
- treated as an argument to the executed command.</p>
- <p>In contrast, due to npm’s argument parsing logic, running this command is
- different:</p>
- <pre><code>$ npm exec foo@latest bar --package=@npmcli/foo
- </code></pre>
- <p>In this case, npm will parse the <code>--package</code> option first, resolving the
- <code>@npmcli/foo</code> package. Then, it will execute the following command in that
- context:</p>
- <pre><code>$ foo@latest bar
- </code></pre>
- <p>The double-hyphen character is recommended to explicitly tell npm to stop
- parsing command line options and switches. The following command would
- thus be equivalent to the <code>npx</code> command above:</p>
- <pre><code>$ npm exec -- foo@latest bar --package=@npmcli/foo
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
- <p>Run the version of <code>tap</code> in the local dependencies, with the provided
- arguments:</p>
- <pre><code>$ npm exec -- tap --bail test/foo.js
- $ npx tap --bail test/foo.js
- </code></pre>
- <p>Run a command <em>other than</em> the command whose name matches the package name
- by specifying a <code>--package</code> option:</p>
- <pre><code>$ npm exec --package=foo -- bar --bar-argument
- # ~ or ~
- $ npx --package=foo bar --bar-argument
- </code></pre>
- <p>Run an arbitrary shell script, in the context of the current project:</p>
- <pre><code>$ npm x -c 'eslint && say "hooray, lint passed"'
- $ npx -c 'eslint && say "hooray, lint passed"'
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="compatibility-with-older-npx-versions">Compatibility with Older npx Versions</h3>
- <p>The <code>npx</code> binary was rewritten in npm v7.0.0, and the standalone <code>npx</code>
- package deprecated at that time. <code>npx</code> uses the <code>npm exec</code>
- command instead of a separate argument parser and install process, with
- some affordances to maintain backwards compatibility with the arguments it
- accepted in previous versions.</p>
- <p>This resulted in some shifts in its functionality:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Any <code>npm</code> config value may be provided.</li>
- <li>To prevent security and user-experience problems from mistyping package
- names, <code>npx</code> prompts before installing anything. Suppress this
- prompt with the <code>-y</code> or <code>--yes</code> option.</li>
- <li>The <code>--no-install</code> option is deprecated, and will be converted to <code>--no</code>.</li>
- <li>Shell fallback functionality is removed, as it is not advisable.</li>
- <li>The <code>-p</code> argument is a shorthand for <code>--parseable</code> in npm, but shorthand
- for <code>--package</code> in npx. This is maintained, but only for the <code>npx</code>
- executable.</li>
- <li>The <code>--ignore-existing</code> option is removed. Locally installed bins are
- always present in the executed process <code>PATH</code>.</li>
- <li>The <code>--npm</code> option is removed. <code>npx</code> will always use the <code>npm</code> it ships
- with.</li>
- <li>The <code>--node-arg</code> and <code>-n</code> options are removed.</li>
- <li>The <code>--always-spawn</code> option is redundant, and thus removed.</li>
- <li>The <code>--shell</code> option is replaced with <code>--script-shell</code>, but maintained
- in the <code>npx</code> executable for backwards compatibility.</li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="see-also">See Also</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-run-script.html">npm run-script</a></li>
- <li><a href="../using-npm/scripts.html">npm scripts</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-test.html">npm test</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-start.html">npm start</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-restart.html">npm restart</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-stop.html">npm stop</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-config.html">npm config</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <footer id="edit">
- <a href="https://github.com/npm/cli/edit/latest/docs/content/commands/npx.md">
- <svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16" height="16" fill="currentcolor" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; margin-right: 0.3em;">
- <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M11.013 1.427a1.75 1.75 0 012.474 0l1.086 1.086a1.75 1.75 0 010 2.474l-8.61 8.61c-.21.21-.47.364-.756.445l-3.251.93a.75.75 0 01-.927-.928l.929-3.25a1.75 1.75 0 01.445-.758l8.61-8.61zm1.414 1.06a.25.25 0 00-.354 0L10.811 3.75l1.439 1.44 1.263-1.263a.25.25 0 000-.354l-1.086-1.086zM11.189 6.25L9.75 4.81l-6.286 6.287a.25.25 0 00-.064.108l-.558 1.953 1.953-.558a.249.249 0 00.108-.064l6.286-6.286z"></path>
- </svg>
- Edit this page on GitHub
- </a>
- </footer>
- </section>
- </body></html>
|