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- .TH "NPM-PREFIX" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.0" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-prefix\fR - Display prefix
- .SS "Synopsis"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm prefix
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
- .SS "Description"
- .P
- Print the local prefix to standard output. This is the closest parent directory to contain a \fBpackage.json\fR file or \fBnode_modules\fR directory, unless \fB-g\fR is also specified.
- .P
- If \fB-g\fR is specified, this will be the value of the global prefix. See npm help config for more detail.
- .SS "Example"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm prefix
- /usr/local/projects/foo
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm prefix -g
- /usr/local
- .fi
- .RE
- .SS "Configuration"
- .SS "\fBglobal\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: false
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: Boolean
- .RE 0
- .P
- Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the \fBprefix\fR folder instead of the current working directory. See npm help folders for more on the differences in behavior.
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- packages are installed into the \fB{prefix}/lib/node_modules\fR folder, instead of the current working directory.
- .IP \(bu 4
- bin files are linked to \fB{prefix}/bin\fR
- .IP \(bu 4
- man pages are linked to \fB{prefix}/share/man\fR
- .RE 0
- .SS "See Also"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help root
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help folders
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help config
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help npmrc
- .RE 0
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