Resolve paths to globally installed npm modules using glob patterns. Useful for getting paths to yeoman or Generate generators, etc.

Package: resolve-up

Created by: jonschlinkert

Last modified: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 11:53:30 GMT

Version: 1.0.0

License: MIT

Downloads: 1,171

Repository: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-up

Install

npm install resolve-up

yarn add resolve-up

resolve-up

Resolve paths to globally installed npm modules using glob patterns. Useful for getting paths to yeoman or Generate generators, etc.

You might also be interested in global-paths.

Install

Install with npm:

 $ npm install --save resolve-up

Usage

 var resolveUp = require('resolve-up');
console.log(resolveUp('generate-*'));

Results in an array of absolute file paths, like:

 [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generate-eslint',
  '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generate-package',
  '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/generate-project' ]

About

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global-prefix: Get the npm global path prefix. | homepage

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Building docs

(This project's readme.md is generated by verb, please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the .verb.md readme template.)

To generate the readme, run the following command:

 $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command: