Read package.json fields from the CLI with npm pkg get

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Documented steps

  1. cd into the project with the package.json you want to inspect
  2. Get a single value: npm pkg get name
  3. Get multiple values at once: npm pkg get name version
  4. Read a nested field with dot notation: npm pkg get scripts.test
  5. Read a field from all objects in an array: npm pkg get contributors.email
  6. Read a specific array item by index: npm pkg get contributors[0].email
  7. Read a named property that lives in a bracketed map (e.g. exports conditions): npm pkg get "exports[.].require"
  8. Output is always JSON, so you can pipe it to jq or parse it in scripts

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