npm/docs/content/cli-commands/npm-test.md

a package manager for JavaScript

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section: cli-commands 
title: npm-test
description: Test a package
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# npm-test(1)

## Test a package

### Synopsis

```bash
npm test [-- <args>]

aliases: t, tst
```

### Description

This runs a package's "test" script, if one was provided.

### See Also

* [npm run-script](/cli-commands/npm-run-script)
* [npm scripts](/using-npm/scripts)
* [npm start](/cli-commands/npm-start)
* [npm restart](/cli-commands/npm-restart)
* [npm stop](/cli-commands/npm-stop)