Package binaries
(package.json's bin field)
are installed in the node_modules/.bin directory by npm install.
On Unix those are symlinks pointing to the executable files. They can be executed directly inside a terminal.
On Windows, each package binary creates instead three files for the same purpose:
- a Windows batch file ending with
.cmdexecuted when usingcmd.exe. - a Bash file with no file extension executed when using Cygwin or MSYS2.
- a Powershell file ending with
.ps1executed when using Powershell.
To fire local binaries on any OS: use npx (in
the shell) or execa (in JavaScript).
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