| .TH "NPM\-PRUNE" "1" "June 2016" "" "" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| \fBnpm-prune\fR \- Remove extraneous packages |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .P |
| .RS 2 |
| .nf |
| npm prune [<name> [<name \.\.\.]] |
| npm prune [<name> [<name \.\.\.]] [\-\-production] |
| .fi |
| .RE |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .P |
| This command removes "extraneous" packages\. If a package name is |
| provided, then only packages matching one of the supplied names are |
| removed\. |
| .P |
| Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent |
| package's dependencies list\. |
| .P |
| If the \fB\-\-production\fP flag is specified or the \fBNODE_ENV\fP environment |
| variable is set to \fBproduction\fP, this command will remove the packages |
| specified in your \fBdevDependencies\fP\|\. Setting \fB\-\-production=false\fP will |
| negate \fBNODE_ENV\fP being set to \fBproduction\fP\|\. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .RS 0 |
| .IP \(bu 2 |
| npm help uninstall |
| .IP \(bu 2 |
| npm help 5 folders |
| .IP \(bu 2 |
| npm help ls |
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| .RE |
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