<!doctype html> <html> <title>npm-edit</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-edit.html"> <script async=true src="../../static/toc.js"></script> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1><a href="../cli/npm-edit.html">npm-edit</a></h1> <p>Edit an installed package</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>npm edit <pkg>[/<subpkg>...]</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>Selects a (sub)dependency in the current working directory and opens the package folder in the default editor (or whatever you've configured as the npm <code>editor</code> config -- see <code><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></code>.)</p> <p>After it has been edited, the package is rebuilt so as to pick up any changes in compiled packages.</p> <p>For instance, you can do <code>npm install connect</code> to install connect into your package, and then <code>npm edit connect</code> to make a few changes to your locally installed copy.</p> <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2> <h3 id="editor">editor</h3> <ul> <li>Default: <code>EDITOR</code> environment variable if set, or <code>"vi"</code> on Posix, or <code>"notepad"</code> on Windows.</li> <li>Type: path</li> </ul> <p>The command to run for <code>npm edit</code> or <code>npm config edit</code>.</p> <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-explore.html">npm-explore(1)</a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install(1)</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> </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-edit — npm@6.5.0</p>