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npm query — Print an array of dependency objects using CSS-like selectors. More information: <https://docs.npmjs

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the npm query command: Print an array of dependency objects using CSS-like selectors. More information: <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/npm-query/>.

Solution

npm query — Print an array of dependency objects using CSS-like selectors. More information: <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/npm-query/>.

Print direct dependencies:

npm query ':root > *'

Print all direct production/development dependencies:

npm query ':root > .{{prod|dev}}'

Print dependencies with a specific name:

npm query '#{{package}}'

Print dependencies with a specific name and within a semantic versioning range:

npm query '#{{package}}@{{semantic_version}}'

Print dependencies which have no dependencies:

npm query ':empty'

Find all dependencies with postinstall scripts and uninstall them:

npm query ":attr(scripts, [postinstall])" | jq 'map(.name) | join("\n")' {{[-r|--raw-output]}} | xargs -I _ npm uninstall _

Find all Git dependencies and print which application requires them:

npm query ":type(git)" | jq 'map(.name)' | xargs -I _ npm why _

Code Snippets

Print direct dependencies

npm query ':root > *'

Print all direct production/development dependencies

npm query ':root > .{{prod|dev}}'

Print dependencies with a specific name

npm query '#{{package}}'

Print dependencies with a specific name and within a semantic versioning range

npm query '#{{package}}@{{semantic_version}}'

Print dependencies which have no dependencies

npm query ':empty'

Context

tldr-pages: common/npm query

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