npm-restart(1) npm-restart(1)
NAME
npm-restart - Restart a package
Synopsis
npm restart [-- <args>]
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
ignore-scripts
o Default: false
o 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 ignore-scripts is set, but they will not
run any pre- or post-scripts.
script-shell
o Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
o Type: null or String
The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm
init <package-spec> commands.
See Also
o npm help run
o npm help scripts
o npm help test
o npm help start
o npm help stop
o npm help restart
NPM@11.6.2 October 2025 npm-restart(1)
npm 11.6.2 - Generated Mon Oct 13 16:01:56 CDT 2025