Find the folder of a global command (installed via npm or not)
This is essentially a cross-os command for which + realpath + dirname plus special support for npm modules.
"Special support" means that bin-dir eslint won't open the directory .../eslint/bin but .../eslint
npm install --global bin-dir
$ bin-dir npm
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
$ bin-dir wget
/usr/local/Cellar/wget/1.18/bin
$ bin-dir unicorns
// no output
const binDir = require('bin-dir');
binDir('xo') === '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo';
binDir('brew') === '/usr/local/bin';
binDir('unicorns') === undefined;
MIT © Federico Brigante
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Find or open the folder of a global command (installed via npm or not)
The npm package bin-dir receives a total of 11 weekly downloads. As such, bin-dir popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that bin-dir demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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