Register a CLI executable (bin) in package.json with npm pkg set bin

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Documented steps

  1. Create the executable script and give it a shebang line (#!/usr/bin/env node) and make it executable
  2. Register the command with npm pkg set bin.mycommand=cli.js where mycommand is the command name users will run and cli.js is the file path relative to the package root
  3. Add more commands by setting more bin.<name> keys in the same call: npm pkg set bin.foo=bin/foo.js bin.bar=bin/bar.js
  4. On install, npm links each bin into the local node_modules/.bin and, for global installs, into the global bin directory
  5. Verify the mapping with npm pkg get bin

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