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<h1><a href="../api/commands.html">commands</a></h1> <p>npm commands</p>

<h2 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h2>

<pre><code>npm.commands[&lt;command&gt;](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-&lt;command&gt;</code> for command-line
usage, or <code>man 3 npm-&lt;command&gt;</code> for programmatic usage.</p>

<h2 id="SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</h2>

<ul><li><a href="../doc/index.html">index(1)</a></li></ul>
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<p id="footer">commands &mdash; npm@1.2.23</p>
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