<!doctype html> <html> <title>npm-help</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../static/style.css"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-help.html"> <script async=true src="../../static/toc.js"></script> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1><a href="../cli/npm-help.html">npm-help</a></h1> <p>Get help on npm</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>npm help <term> [<terms..>]</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page.</p> <p>If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then run the <code>help-search</code> command to find a match. Note that, if <code>help-search</code> finds a single subject, then it will run <code>help</code> on that topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name.</p> <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2> <h3 id="viewer">viewer</h3> <ul> <li>Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows</li> <li>Type: path</li> </ul> <p>The program to use to view help content.</p> <p>Set to <code>"browser"</code> to view html help content in the default web browser.</p> <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../cli/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../../doc/README.html">README</a></li> <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-help-search.html">npm-help-search(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../misc/npm-index.html">npm-index(7)</a></li> </ul> </div> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=npmlogo> <tr><td style="width:180px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=18> </td></tr> <tr><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=4> </td><td rowspan=4 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td><td colspan=6 style="width:60px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=4> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2 style="width:20px;height:30px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=4 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:20px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:20px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3 colspan=2> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=3> </td><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" rowspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff" rowspan=2> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:10px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td></tr> <tr><td style="width:60px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=6> </td><td colspan=10 style="width:10px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=5 style="width:50px;height:10px;background:#fff"> </td><td style="width:40px;height:10px;background:rgb(237,127,127)" colspan=4> </td><td style="width:90px;height:10px;background:#fff" colspan=9> </td></tr> </table> <p id="footer">npm-help — npm@6.5.0</p>