1. Installation (optional)2. Create Alias3. Restart the terminal session4. Use the new npm help command!(extra) Use grep for larger projects
1. Installation (optional)
Install the “fx” package from npm globally. It’s a JSON Explorer UI in the terminal
npm i -g fx
if you wish to skip this step, replace all the instances of
fx
with npx fx
2. Create Alias
Create this alias in your terminal rc. For bash it will be
~/.bashrc
and Zsh it will be ~/.zshrc
alias npm-help="cat package.json | fx '.scripts'"
3. Restart the terminal session
Either close the terminal and repoen it, or run
source
on teh file you just added the alias toex
source ~/.zshrc
4. Use the new npm help command!
> npm-help
{
"dev": "next",
"dev:storybook": "npm run storybook",
"build": "next build",
"start": "next start",
"storybook": "start-storybook -p 6006",
"build-storybook": "build-storybook"
}
(extra) Use grep for larger projects
> npm-help | grep 'storybook'
"dev:storybook": "npm run storybook",
"storybook": "start-storybook -p 6006",
"build-storybook": "build-storybook"