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NAME
       npm-prefix

Synopsis
       <!-- AUTOGENERATED USAGE DESCRIPTIONS -->

       Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

Description
       Print  the  local prefix to standard output. This is the closest parent
       directory
       to contain a package.json file or node_modules directory, unless -g is
       also specified.

       If -g is specified, this will be the value of the global prefix. See
       npm config for more detail.

Example
         npm prefix
         /usr/local/projects/foo
         npm prefix -g
         /usr/local

Configuration
       <!-- AUTOGENERATED CONFIG DESCRIPTIONS -->

See Also
        • npm root

        • npm bin

        • npm folders

        • npm config

        • npmrc

9.2.0                            December 2022                   NPM-PREFIX(1)

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