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npm bin

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Print the folder where npm will install executables.

• Default: false
• Type: Boolean

Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the prefix folder instead of the current working directory. See npm help folders for more on the differences in behavior.

• packages are installed into the {prefix}/lib/node_modules folder, instead of the current working directory.
• bin files are linked to {prefix}/bin
• man pages are linked to {prefix}/share/man

• npm help prefix
• npm help root
• npm help folders
• npm help config
• npm help npmrc