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npm-test(1)

npm-test - Test a package

NPM-TEST(1) NPM-TEST(1)

npm-test - Test a package

npm test [-- <args>]
aliases: tst, t

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

{

"scripts": {
"test": "node test.js"
} }

npm test
> npm@x.x.x test
> node test.js
(test.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.

Setting ignore-scripts also disables .npm-extension execution, as if ignore-extension were set.

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 start
  • npm help restart
  • npm help stop
October 2026 NPM@12.2.0

npm-12 12.2.0-r1 · os · ingested 2026-10-02