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<h1><a href="../api/npm-commands.html">npm-commands</a></h1> <p>npm commands</p>
<h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre><code>npm.commands[<command>](args, callback)
</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>npm comes with a full set of commands, and each of the commands takes a
similar set of arguments.</p>
<p>In general, all commands on the command object take an <strong>array</strong> of positional
argument <strong>strings</strong>. The last argument to any function is a callback. Some
commands are special and take other optional arguments.</p>
<p>All commands have their own man page. See <code>man npm-<command></code> for command-line
usage, or <code>man 3 npm-<command></code> for programmatic usage.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
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<li><a href="../misc/npm-index.html"><a href="../misc/npm-index.html">npm-index(7)</a></a></li>
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