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NPM commands and their aliases

I want to provide a quick reference resource guide to NPM aliases. This outline-style README provides an overview of NPM commands that have aliases, don't have aliases, and links to the official NPM documentation for all the other NPM commands that aren't deprecated.

Aliases that are Shortcuts

install

npm install chalk

alias

npm i chalk

test

npm test

alias

npm t

or

npm tst

config

npm config edit

alias

npm c edit

install-ci-test

npm install-ci-test

alias

npm cit

install-test

npm install-test

alias

npm it

rebuild

npm rebuild

alias

npm rb

link

cd ~/projects/node-redis    # go into the package directory
npm link                    # creates global link
cd ~/projects/node-bloggy   # go into some other package directory.
npm link redis              # link-install the package

alias

npm ln ...

run-script *

npm run-script lint

alias

npm run lint

search

npm search ...

alias

npm s ...

or

npm se ...

or

npm find ...

uninstall

npm uninstall chalk

alias

npm rm chalk

or

npm r chalk

or

npm remove chalk

or

npm un chalk

or

npm unlink chalk

update

npm update

alias

npm up

or

npm upgrade

version

npm version

alias

npm -v

or

npm --version

view

npm view

alias

npm v

or

npm info

or

npm show

Aliases that aren't Shortcuts

adduser

npm adduser --registry=http://myregistry.example.com --scope=@myco

alias

npm add-user ...

or

npm login ...

bugs

npm bugs chalk

alias

npm issues chalk

cache clean *

npm cache clean

alias

npm cache rm

or

npm cache clear

npm dedupe

npm dedupe

alias

npm ddp

or

npm find-dupes

npm dist-tag

npm dist-tag add chalk@1.0.0 sometag

alias

npm dist-tags

ls

npm ls

alias

npm list

or

npm la

or

npm ll

owner

npm owner add bobdole @angular/cli

npm author ...

docs

npm docs ...

npm home ...

Commands with no Aliases

• access
• audit
• bin
• build
• ci
• completion
• deprecate
• doctor
• edit
• explore
• help-search
• help
• hook
• init
• logout
• npm
• outdated
• pack
• ping
• prefix
• publish
• repo
• restart
• root
• shrinkwrap
• star
• stars
• start
• stop
• team
• token
• unpublish
• whoami

Acknowledgments

npmias was inspired by @styfle!

See Also

noffle/common-readme

License

LICENSE