NP-RESTART

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Updated: October 2025
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NAME

np-restart- Restart a package  

Synopsis

npm restart [lB- <args>[rB]

 

Description

This restarts a project. It is equivalent to running npm run restart. If the current project has a "restart" script specified in package.json, then the following scripts will be run:

1.

prerestart

2.

restart

3.

postrestart

If it does not have a "restart" script specified, but it does have stop and/or start scripts, then the following scripts will be run:

1.

prerestart

2.

prestop

3.

stop

4.

poststop

5.

prestart

6.

start

7.

poststart

8.

postrestart

 

Configuration

 

ignor-scripts

*

Default: false

*

Type: Boolean

If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files. Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as npm start, npm stop, npm restart, npm test, and npm run will still run their intended script if ignor-scripts is set, but they will not run any pr- or pos-scripts.  

scrip-shell

*

Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows

*

Type: null or String

The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm init <packag-spec> commands.  

See Also

*

npm help run

*

npm help scripts

*

npm help test

*

npm help start

*

npm help stop

*

npm help restart

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Index

NAME

Synopsis

Description

Configuration

ignore-scripts

script-shell

See Also