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12 <h1><a href="../cli/npm-help-search.html">npm-help-search</a></h1> <p>Search npm help documentation</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm help-search some search terms
15 </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
16 <p>This command will search the npm markdown documentation files for the
17 terms provided, and then list the results, sorted by relevance.</p>
18 <p>If only one result is found, then it will show that help topic.</p>
19 <p>If the argument to <code>npm help</code> is not a known help topic, then it will
20 call <code>help-search</code>. It is rarely if ever necessary to call this
22 <h2 id="configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
23 <h3 id="long">long</h3>
25 <li>Type: Boolean</li>
26 <li>Default false</li>
28 <p>If true, the "long" flag will cause help-search to output context around
29 where the terms were found in the documentation.</p>
30 <p>If false, then help-search will just list out the help topics found.</p>
31 <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
33 <li><a href="../cli/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li>
34 <li><a href="../misc/npm-faq.html">npm-faq(7)</a></li>
35 <li><a href="../cli/npm-help.html">npm-help(1)</a></li>
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49 <p id="footer">npm-help-search — npm@2.14.4</p>