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1 # npm-run-path [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/npm-run-path.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/npm-run-path)
2
3 > Get your [PATH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)) prepended with locally installed binaries
4
5 In [npm run scripts](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/run-script) you can execute locally installed binaries by name. This enables the same outside npm.
6
7
8 ## Install
9
10 ```
11 $ npm install --save npm-run-path
12 ```
13
14
15 ## Usage
16
17 ```js
18 const childProcess = require('child_process');
19 const npmRunPath = require('npm-run-path');
20
21 console.log(process.env.PATH);
22 //=> '/usr/local/bin'
23
24 console.log(npmRunPath());
25 //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/foo/node_modules/.bin:/Users/sindresorhus/dev/node_modules/.bin:/Users/sindresorhus/node_modules/.bin:/Users/node_modules/.bin:/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/bin'
26
27 // `foo` is a locally installed binary
28 childProcess.execFileSync('foo', {
29         env: npmRunPath.env()
30 });
31 ```
32
33
34 ## API
35
36 ### npmRunPath([options])
37
38 #### options
39
40 ##### cwd
41
42 Type: `string`<br>
43 Default: `process.cwd()`
44
45 Working directory.
46
47 ##### path
48
49 Type: `string`<br>
50 Default: [`PATH`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/path-key)
51
52 PATH to be appended.<br>
53 Set it to an empty string to exclude the default PATH.
54
55 ### npmRunPath.env([options])
56
57 #### options
58
59 ##### cwd
60
61 Type: `string`<br>
62 Default: `process.cwd()`
63
64 Working directory.
65
66 ##### env
67
68 Type: `Object`
69
70 Accepts an object of environment variables, like `process.env`, and modifies the PATH using the correct [PATH key](https://github.com/sindresorhus/path-key). Use this if you're modifying the PATH for use in the `child_process` options.
71
72
73 ## Related
74
75 - [npm-run-path-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/npm-run-path-cli) - CLI for this module
76 - [execa](https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa) - Execute a locally installed binary
77
78
79 ## License
80
81 MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)