.TH "NPM-HELP" "1" "May 2023" "" "" .SH "NAME" \fBnpm-help\fR - Get help on npm .SS "Synopsis" .P .RS 2 .nf npm help <term> \[lB]<terms..>\[rB] alias: hlep .fi .RE .P Note: This command is unaware of workspaces. .SS "Description" .P If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page. .P If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then npm will run the \fBhelp-search\fR command to find a match. Note that, if \fBhelp-search\fR finds a single subject, then it will run \fBhelp\fR on that topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name. .SS "Configuration" .SS "\fBviewer\fR" .RS 0 .IP \(bu 4 Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows .IP \(bu 4 Type: String .RE 0 .P The program to use to view help content. .P Set to \fB"browser"\fR to view html help content in the default web browser. .SS "See Also" .RS 0 .IP \(bu 4 npm help npm .IP \(bu 4 npm help folders .IP \(bu 4 npm help config .IP \(bu 4 npm help npmrc .IP \(bu 4 \fBpackage.json\fR \fI\(la/configuring-npm/package-json\(ra\fR .IP \(bu 4 npm help help-search .RE 0