<!doctype html> <html> <title>npm-explore</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" value="text/html;utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../static/style.css"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.npmjs.org/doc/cli/npm-explore.html"> <script async=true src="../../static/toc.js"></script> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1><a href="../cli/npm-explore.html">npm-explore</a></h1> <p>Browse an installed package</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>npm explore <name> [ -- <cmd>] </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> <p>Spawn a subshell in the directory of the installed package specified.</p> <p>If a command is specified, then it is run in the subshell, which then immediately terminates.</p> <p>This is particularly handy in the case of git submodules in the <code>node_modules</code> folder:</p> <pre><code>npm explore some-dependency -- git pull origin master </code></pre><p>Note that the package is <em>not</em> automatically rebuilt afterwards, so be sure to use <code>npm rebuild <pkg></code> if you make any changes.</p> <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2> <h3 id="shell">shell</h3> <ul> <li>Default: SHELL environment variable, or "bash" on Posix, or "cmd" on Windows</li> <li>Type: path</li> </ul> <p>The shell to run for the <code>npm explore</code> command.</p> <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html"><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-edit.html"><a href="../cli/npm-edit.html">npm-edit(1)</a></a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-rebuild.html"><a href="../cli/npm-rebuild.html">npm-rebuild(1)</a></a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-build.html"><a href="../cli/npm-build.html">npm-build(1)</a></a></li> <li><a href="../cli/npm-install.html"><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install(1)</a></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-explore — npm@2.1.3</p>