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section: cli-commands
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title: npm-help
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description: Get help on npm
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---
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# npm-help(1)
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## Get help on npm
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### Synopsis
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```bash
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npm help <term> [<terms..>]
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```
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### Description
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If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page.
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If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then run
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the `help-search` command to find a match. Note that, if `help-search`
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finds a single subject, then it will run `help` on that topic, so unique
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matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name.
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### Configuration
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#### viewer
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* Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows
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* Type: path
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The program to use to view help content.
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Set to `"browser"` to view html help content in the default web browser.
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### See Also
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* [npm](/cli-commands/npm)
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* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
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* [npm config](/cli-commands/npm-config)
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* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
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* [package.json](/configuring-npm/package-json)
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* [npm help-search](/cli-commands/npm-help-search)
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