tldr/pages/common/npm-query.md

npm query

Print an array of dependency objects using CSS-like selectors. More information: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-query.

• Print direct dependencies:

npm query ':root > *'

• Print all direct production/development dependencies:

npm query ':root > .{{prod|dev}}'

• Print dependencies with a specific name:

npm query '#{{package_name}}'

• Print dependencies with a specific name and within a semantic versioning range:

npm query #{{package_name}}@{{semantic_version}}

• Print dependencies which have no dependencies:

npm query ':empty'

• Find all dependencies with postinstall scripts and uninstall them:

npm query ":attr(scripts, [postinstall])" | jq 'map(.name) | join("\n")' -r | xargs -I {} npm uninstall {}

• Find all Git dependencies and print which application requires them:

npm query ":type(git)" | jq 'map(.name)' | xargs -I {} npm why {}