npm-help
displays documentation for npm commands
TLDR
Get help on a command
$ npm help [install]
Search help topics by keyword$ npm help-search [dependency]
Open help in the browser$ npm help [command] --viewer browser
Read the npm overview$ npm help npm
Open the help index$ npm help help
SYNOPSIS
npm help [topic]
DESCRIPTION
npm help displays the npm manual page for a topic. By default it shells out to man(1) on Unix, but with --viewer browser it opens the rendered HTML on docs.npmjs.com.If no exact match exists, npm help falls back to npm help-search, which performs a keyword search across all npm man pages and prints relevance-ranked excerpts.
PARAMETERS
TOPIC
npm command name or general topic. Multiple words form a phrase passed to man's search if no exact page is found.--viewer TYPE
Help viewer to use: man (default on Unix), browser, or woman (Emacs). On Windows the default is browser.--help
Display help for the help command itself.
INSTALL
sudo pacman -S npm
sudo apk add npm
brew install npm
CAVEATS
The man viewer requires a working man installation. The default viewer can be changed permanently with npm config set viewer browser.
HISTORY
npm help provides access to npm's documentation system from the command line.