Node.js & npm: How can I create custom npm cli commands?

Question

Say for example that I quite often use npm list -g -depth 0 as command, and I'd like to alias it with npm listC or npm list -c1.

How do I do that?

In addition to the answer given by duncanhall below, here's a blog post I found helpful when starting out with NPM scripts - they're a lot more flexible than you might first imagine: blog.keithcirkel.co.uk/how-to-use-npm-as-a-build-tool — Joe Clay
– Joe Clay, Commented Apr 27, 2016 at 10:43

duncanhall · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-27 10:32:52Z

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You can use npm scripts to create shortcuts for custom commands.

In your package.json you might have:

{
    "scripts": {
        "listC": "npm list -g depth 0"
    }
}

And you could then run it with npm run listC.

answered Apr 27, 2016 at 10:31

duncanhall

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