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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.

Index

NAME

Synopsis
Description
Configuration
ignore-scripts
script-shell
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