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  | Open Terminal and type | |
| $vi ~/.bash_profile | |
| Add the following lines at the end: | |
| --- | |
| function npmv { | |
| case $# in # number of arguments passed | |
| 0) v="$(npm -v)" ; #store output from npm -v in variable | |
| echo "NPM version is: $v"; #can't use single quotes | |
| #${v} would also work | |
| ;; | |
| 1) s="$(npm list --depth=0 $1 | grep $1 | cut -d @ -f 2)"; | |
| echo "$s"; | |
| ;; | |
| 2) case "$2" in # second argument | |
| g) #global|#Syntax to compare bash string to literal | |
| s="$(npm list --depth=0 -g $1 | grep $1 | cut -d @ -f 2)"; | |
| echo "$s"; | |
| ;; | |
| l) #latest | |
| npm view $1 version; #npm info $1 version does same thing | |
| ;; | |
| *) echo 'Invalid arguments'; | |
| ;; | |
| esac; | |
| ;; | |
| *) echo 'Invalid arguments'; | |
| ;; | |
| esac; | |
| } | |
| export -f npmv | |
| --- | |
| $source ~/.bash_profile //reload .bash_profile | |
| **USAGE** | |
| * npmv for the version of npm | |
| * npmv <package-name> for the local version | |
| * npmv <package-name> g for global version | |
| * npmv <package-name> l for latest version | 
  
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