NPM-TEST(1) - Test a package

Synopsis

npm test [-- <args>]
aliases: tst, t

Description

This runs a predefined command specified in the "test" property of a package's "scripts" object.

Example

{
  "scripts": {
    "test": "node test.js"
  }
}

npm test
> npm@x.x.x test
> node test.js
(test.js output would be here)

ignore-scripts

Default: false
Type: Boolean

If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.

Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as npm start, npm stop, npm restart, npm test, and npm run-script will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts is set, but they will not run any pre- or post-scripts.

script-shell

Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
Type: null or String

The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm init <pkg> commands.

NAME

Synopsis

Description

Example

Configuration

ignore-scripts

script-shell

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