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title: npm-root
section: 1
description: Display npm root
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### Synopsis
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```bash
npm root
```
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### Description
Print the effective `node_modules` folder to standard out.
Useful for using npm in shell scripts that do things with the
`node_modules` folder. For example:
```bash
#!/bin/bash
global_node_modules="$(npm root --global)"
echo "Global packages installed in: ${global_node_modules}"
```
### Configuration
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#### `global`
* Default: false
* Type: Boolean
* DEPRECATED: `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global`
instead.
Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the `prefix`
folder instead of the current working directory. See
[folders](/configuring-npm/folders) for more on the differences in behavior.
* packages are installed into the `{prefix}/lib/node_modules` folder, instead
of the current working directory.
* bin files are linked to `{prefix}/bin`
* man pages are linked to `{prefix}/share/man`
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### See Also
* [npm prefix](/commands/npm-prefix)
* [npm bin](/commands/npm-bin)
* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
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