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6 npm-help - Get help on npm
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8 Synopsis
9 npm help <term> [<terms..>]
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11 alias: hlep
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13 Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
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15 Description
16 If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page.
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18 If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then
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20 help-search finds a single subject, then it will run help on that
21 topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name.
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23 Configuration
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30 The program to use to view help content.
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32 Set to "browser" to view html help content in the default web browser.
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45 • npm help help-search
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50 September 2022 NPM-HELP(1)