Man1 - npm-test.1

    npm test [-- <args>]

    aliases: t, tst

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)

<!– AUTOGENERATED CONFIG DESCRIPTIONS START –> <!– automatically generated, do not edit manually –> <!– see lib/utils/config/definitions.js –>

• 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-script will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts is set, but they will not run any pre- or post-scripts. <!– automatically generated, do not edit manually –> <!– see lib/utils/config/definitions.js –>

• 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 <pkg> commands. <!– automatically generated, do not edit manually –> <!– see lib/utils/config/definitions.js –>

<!– AUTOGENERATED CONFIG DESCRIPTIONS END –>

• npm help run-script
• npm help scripts
• npm help start
• npm help restart
• npm help stop