npm list only top level modules.

nl.sh

alias ng="npm list -g --depth=0 2>/dev/null"
alias nl="npm list --depth=0 2>/dev/null"

Note that options like --depth 0 can be set in npm's config as well.

So to make npm ls work more like *nix ls -l i.e. show only the top-level modules, you can run:

npm config set depth 0

Of course, you can always override this config setting from the command line, so to restore the original behaviour, i.e. make npm ls work more like *nix ls -lR, you can run:

npm ls -g --depth 9999

Note that setting depth in config also applies to npm la, npm ll, npm ls --long, etc., so no need to define shell aliases for any of those either.

Check this out npm ls -ps

This doesn't seem to work for node installed by nvm. I have to use --depth=1 to see the installed packages. Does anyone have a solution that works for both (or an easy way to detect whether the running npm is from nvm or not?

Why does the --depth option not appear in npm -h nor npm list -h ? Is this an hidden option?

Why does the --depth option not appear in npm -h nor npm list -h ? Is this an hidden option?

I tried looking for it too. I think it's just undocumented.