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Note that nested 161packages will <em>also</em> show the paths to the specified packages. For 162example, running <code>npm ls promzard</code> in npm's source tree will show:</p> 163<pre><code class="language-bash">npm@10.5.0 /path/to/npm 164└─┬ init-package-json@0.0.4 165 └── promzard@0.1.5 166</code></pre> 167<p>It will print out extraneous, missing, and invalid packages.</p> 168<p>If a project specifies git urls for dependencies these are shown 169in parentheses after the <code>name@version</code> to make it easier for users to 170recognize potential forks of a project.</p> 171<p>The tree shown is the logical dependency tree, based on package 172dependencies, not the physical layout of your <code>node_modules</code> folder.</p> 173<p>When run as <code>ll</code> or <code>la</code>, it shows extended information by default.</p> 174<h3 id="note-design-changes-pending">Note: Design Changes Pending</h3> 175<p>The <code>npm ls</code> command's output and behavior made a <em>ton</em> of sense when npm 176created a <code>node_modules</code> folder that naively nested every dependency. In 177such a case, the logical dependency graph and physical tree of packages on 178disk would be roughly identical.</p> 179<p>With the advent of automatic install-time deduplication of dependencies in 180npm v3, the <code>ls</code> output was modified to display the logical dependency 181graph as a tree structure, since this was more useful to most users. 182However, without using <code>npm ls -l</code>, it became impossible to show <em>where</em> a 183package was actually installed much of the time!</p> 184<p>With the advent of automatic installation of <code>peerDependencies</code> in npm v7, 185this gets even more curious, as <code>peerDependencies</code> are logically 186"underneath" their dependents in the dependency graph, but are always 187physically at or above their location on disk.</p> 188<p>Also, in the years since npm got an <code>ls</code> command (in version 0.0.2!), 189dependency graphs have gotten much larger as a general rule. Therefore, in 190order to avoid dumping an excessive amount of content to the terminal, <code>npm ls</code> now only shows the <em>top</em> level dependencies, unless <code>--all</code> is 191provided.</p> 192<p>A thorough re-examination of the use cases, intention, behavior, and output 193of this command, is currently underway. Expect significant changes to at 194least the default human-readable <code>npm ls</code> output in npm v8.</p> 195<h3 id="configuration">Configuration</h3> 196<h4 id="all"><code>all</code></h4> 197<ul> 198<li>Default: false</li> 199<li>Type: Boolean</li> 200</ul> 201<p>When running <code>npm outdated</code> and <code>npm ls</code>, setting <code>--all</code> will show all 202outdated or installed packages, rather than only those directly depended 203upon by the current project.</p> 204<h4 id="json"><code>json</code></h4> 205<ul> 206<li>Default: false</li> 207<li>Type: Boolean</li> 208</ul> 209<p>Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.</p> 210<ul> 211<li>In <code>npm pkg set</code> it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before 212saving them to your <code>package.json</code>.</li> 213</ul> 214<p>Not supported by all npm commands.</p> 215<h4 id="long"><code>long</code></h4> 216<ul> 217<li>Default: false</li> 218<li>Type: Boolean</li> 219</ul> 220<p>Show extended information in <code>ls</code>, <code>search</code>, and <code>help-search</code>.</p> 221<h4 id="parseable"><code>parseable</code></h4> 222<ul> 223<li>Default: false</li> 224<li>Type: Boolean</li> 225</ul> 226<p>Output parseable results from commands that write to standard output. For 227<code>npm search</code>, this will be tab-separated table format.</p> 228<h4 id="global"><code>global</code></h4> 229<ul> 230<li>Default: false</li> 231<li>Type: Boolean</li> 232</ul> 233<p>Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the <code>prefix</code> 234folder instead of the current working directory. See 235<a href="../configuring-npm/folders.html">folders</a> for more on the differences in behavior.</p> 236<ul> 237<li>packages are installed into the <code>{prefix}/lib/node_modules</code> folder, instead 238of the current working directory.</li> 239<li>bin files are linked to <code>{prefix}/bin</code></li> 240<li>man pages are linked to <code>{prefix}/share/man</code></li> 241</ul> 242<h4 id="depth"><code>depth</code></h4> 243<ul> 244<li>Default: <code>Infinity</code> if <code>--all</code> is set, otherwise <code>1</code></li> 245<li>Type: null or Number</li> 246</ul> 247<p>The depth to go when recursing packages for <code>npm ls</code>.</p> 248<p>If not set, <code>npm ls</code> will show only the immediate dependencies of the root 249project. If <code>--all</code> is set, then npm will show all dependencies by default.</p> 250<h4 id="omit"><code>omit</code></h4> 251<ul> 252<li>Default: 'dev' if the <code>NODE_ENV</code> environment variable is set to 253'production', otherwise empty.</li> 254<li>Type: "dev", "optional", or "peer" (can be set multiple times)</li> 255</ul> 256<p>Dependency types to omit from the installation tree on disk.</p> 257<p>Note that these dependencies <em>are</em> still resolved and added to the 258<code>package-lock.json</code> or <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> file. They are just not 259physically installed on disk.</p> 260<p>If a package type appears in both the <code>--include</code> and <code>--omit</code> lists, then 261it will be included.</p> 262<p>If the resulting omit list includes <code>'dev'</code>, then the <code>NODE_ENV</code> environment 263variable will be set to <code>'production'</code> for all lifecycle scripts.</p> 264<h4 id="include"><code>include</code></h4> 265<ul> 266<li>Default:</li> 267<li>Type: "prod", "dev", "optional", or "peer" (can be set multiple times)</li> 268</ul> 269<p>Option that allows for defining which types of dependencies to install.</p> 270<p>This is the inverse of <code>--omit=<type></code>.</p> 271<p>Dependency types specified in <code>--include</code> will not be omitted, regardless of 272the order in which omit/include are specified on the command-line.</p> 273<h4 id="link"><code>link</code></h4> 274<ul> 275<li>Default: false</li> 276<li>Type: Boolean</li> 277</ul> 278<p>Used with <code>npm ls</code>, limiting output to only those packages that are linked.</p> 279<h4 id="package-lock-only"><code>package-lock-only</code></h4> 280<ul> 281<li>Default: false</li> 282<li>Type: Boolean</li> 283</ul> 284<p>If set to true, the current operation will only use the <code>package-lock.json</code>, 285ignoring <code>node_modules</code>.</p> 286<p>For <code>update</code> this means only the <code>package-lock.json</code> will be updated, 287instead of checking <code>node_modules</code> and downloading dependencies.</p> 288<p>For <code>list</code> this means the output will be based on the tree described by the 289<code>package-lock.json</code>, rather than the contents of <code>node_modules</code>.</p> 290<h4 id="unicode"><code>unicode</code></h4> 291<ul> 292<li>Default: false on windows, true on mac/unix systems with a unicode locale, 293as defined by the <code>LC_ALL</code>, <code>LC_CTYPE</code>, or <code>LANG</code> environment variables.</li> 294<li>Type: Boolean</li> 295</ul> 296<p>When set to true, npm uses unicode characters in the tree output. When 297false, it uses ascii characters instead of unicode glyphs.</p> 298<h4 id="workspace"><code>workspace</code></h4> 299<ul> 300<li>Default:</li> 301<li>Type: String (can be set multiple times)</li> 302</ul> 303<p>Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the 304current project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by 305this configuration option.</p> 306<p>Valid values for the <code>workspace</code> config are either:</p> 307<ul> 308<li>Workspace names</li> 309<li>Path to a workspace directory</li> 310<li>Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all 311workspaces within that folder)</li> 312</ul> 313<p>When set for the <code>npm init</code> command, this may be set to the folder of a 314workspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a 315brand new workspace within the project.</p> 316<p>This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.</p> 317<h4 id="workspaces"><code>workspaces</code></h4> 318<ul> 319<li>Default: null</li> 320<li>Type: null or Boolean</li> 321</ul> 322<p>Set to true to run the command in the context of <strong>all</strong> configured 323workspaces.</p> 324<p>Explicitly setting this to false will cause commands like <code>install</code> to 325ignore workspaces altogether. When not set explicitly:</p> 326<ul> 327<li>Commands that operate on the <code>node_modules</code> tree (install, update, etc.) 328will link workspaces into the <code>node_modules</code> folder. - Commands that do 329other things (test, exec, publish, etc.) will operate on the root project, 330<em>unless</em> one or more workspaces are specified in the <code>workspace</code> config.</li> 331</ul> 332<p>This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.</p> 333<h4 id="include-workspace-root"><code>include-workspace-root</code></h4> 334<ul> 335<li>Default: false</li> 336<li>Type: Boolean</li> 337</ul> 338<p>Include the workspace root when workspaces are enabled for a command.</p> 339<p>When false, specifying individual workspaces via the <code>workspace</code> config, or 340all workspaces via the <code>workspaces</code> flag, will cause npm to operate only on 341the specified workspaces, and not on the root project.</p> 342<p>This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.</p> 343<h4 id="install-links"><code>install-links</code></h4> 344<ul> 345<li>Default: false</li> 346<li>Type: Boolean</li> 347</ul> 348<p>When set file: protocol dependencies will be packed and installed as regular 349dependencies instead of creating a symlink. This option has no effect on 350workspaces.</p> 351<h3 id="see-also">See Also</h3> 352<ul> 353<li><a href="../using-npm/package-spec.html">package spec</a></li> 354<li><a href="../commands/npm-explain.html">npm explain</a></li> 355<li><a href="../commands/npm-config.html">npm config</a></li> 356<li><a href="../configuring-npm/npmrc.html">npmrc</a></li> 357<li><a href="../configuring-npm/folders.html">npm folders</a></li> 358<li><a href="../commands/npm-explain.html">npm explain</a></li> 359<li><a href="../commands/npm-install.html">npm install</a></li> 360<li><a href="../commands/npm-link.html">npm link</a></li> 361<li><a href="../commands/npm-prune.html">npm prune</a></li> 362<li><a href="../commands/npm-outdated.html">npm outdated</a></li> 363<li><a href="../commands/npm-update.html">npm update</a></li> 364</ul></div> 365 366<footer id="edit"> 367<a href="https://github.com/npm/cli/edit/latest/docs/content/commands/npm-ls.md"> 368<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16" height="16" fill="currentcolor" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; margin-right: 0.3em;"> 369<path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M11.013 1.427a1.75 1.75 0 012.474 0l1.086 1.086a1.75 1.75 0 010 2.474l-8.61 8.61c-.21.21-.47.364-.756.445l-3.251.93a.75.75 0 01-.927-.928l.929-3.25a1.75 1.75 0 01.445-.758l8.61-8.61zm1.414 1.06a.25.25 0 00-.354 0L10.811 3.75l1.439 1.44 1.263-1.263a.25.25 0 000-.354l-1.086-1.086zM11.189 6.25L9.75 4.81l-6.286 6.287a.25.25 0 00-.064.108l-.558 1.953 1.953-.558a.249.249 0 00.108-.064l6.286-6.286z"></path> 370</svg> 371Edit this page on GitHub 372</a> 373</footer> 374</section> 375 376 377 378</body></html>