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npm-stop(1)

npm-stop - Stop a package

NPM-STOP(1) NPM-STOP(1)

npm-stop - Stop a package

npm stop [-- <args>]

This runs a predefined command specified in the "stop" property of a package's "scripts" object.

Unlike with npm help start, there is no default script that will run if the "stop" property is not defined.

{

"scripts": {
"stop": "node bar.js"
} }

npm stop
> npm@x.x.x stop
> node bar.js
(bar.js output would be here)

ignore-scripts

  • Default: false
  • Type: Boolean

If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.

Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as npm start, npm stop, npm restart, npm test, and npm run will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts is set, but they will not run any pre- or post-scripts.

script-shell

  • Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
  • Type: null or String

The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm init <package-spec> commands.

  • npm help run
  • npm help scripts
  • npm help test
  • npm help start
  • npm help restart
October 2026 NPM@11.20.0

npm-11 11.20.0-r4 · enterprise-packages · ingested 2026-10-02