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title: npm-root
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section: 1
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description: Display npm root
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---
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### Synopsis
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```bash
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npm root
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```
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Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
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### Description
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Print the effective `node_modules` folder to standard out.
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Useful for using npm in shell scripts that do things with the
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`node_modules` folder. For example:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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global_node_modules="$(npm root --global)"
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echo "Global packages installed in: ${global_node_modules}"
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```
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### Configuration
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#### `global`
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* Default: false
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* Type: Boolean
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Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the `prefix`
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folder instead of the current working directory. See
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[folders](/configuring-npm/folders) for more on the differences in behavior.
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* packages are installed into the `{prefix}/lib/node_modules` folder, instead
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of the current working directory.
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* bin files are linked to `{prefix}/bin`
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* man pages are linked to `{prefix}/share/man`
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### See Also
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* [npm prefix](/commands/npm-prefix)
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* [npm bin](/commands/npm-bin)
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* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
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* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
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* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
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