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+.TH "NPM-ROOT" "1" "July 2024" "NPM@10.8.2" ""
+.SH "NAME"
+\fBnpm-root\fR - Display npm root
+.SS "Synopsis"
+.P
+.RS 2
+.nf
+npm root
+.fi
+.RE
+.P
+Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
+.SS "Description"
+.P
+Print the effective \fBnode_modules\fR folder to standard out.
+.P
+Useful for using npm in shell scripts that do things with the \fBnode_modules\fR folder. For example:
+.P
+.RS 2
+.nf
+#!/bin/bash
+global_node_modules="$(npm root --global)"
+echo "Global packages installed in: ${global_node_modules}"
+.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 prefix
+.IP \(bu 4
+npm help folders
+.IP \(bu 4
+npm help config
+.IP \(bu 4
+npm help npmrc
+.RE 0