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6       npm-prefix - Display prefix
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8   Synopsis
9         npm prefix [-g]
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11       Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
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13   Description
14       Print  the  local prefix to standard output. This is the closest parent
15       directory to contain a package.json file or node_modules directory, un‐
16       less -g is also specified.
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18       If  -g  is  specified, this will be the value of the global prefix. See
19       npm help config for more detail.
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21   Example
22         npm prefix
23         /usr/local/projects/foo
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25         npm prefix -g
26         /usr/local
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28   Configuration
29   global
30       •   Default: false
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32       •   Type: Boolean
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35       Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the pre‐
36       fix folder instead of the current working directory. See npm help fold‐
37       ers for more on the differences in behavior.
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39       •   packages are installed into the  {prefix}/lib/node_modules  folder,
40           instead of the current working directory.
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42       •   bin files are linked to {prefix}/bin
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44       •   man pages are linked to {prefix}/share/man
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47   See Also
48       •   npm help root
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50       •   npm help folders
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52       •   npm help config
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54       •   npm help npmrc
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