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12 <h1><a href="../cli/npm-prune.html">npm-prune</a></h1> <p>Remove extraneous packages</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm prune [<name> [<name ...]]
15 npm prune [<name> [<name ...]] [--production]
16 </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
17 <p>This command removes "extraneous" packages. If a package name is
18 provided, then only packages matching one of the supplied names are
20 <p>Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent
21 package's dependencies list.</p>
22 <p>If the <code>--production</code> flag is specified or the <code>NODE_ENV</code> environment
23 variable is set to <code>production</code>, this command will remove the packages
24 specified in your <code>devDependencies</code>. Setting <code>--production=false</code> will
25 negate <code>NODE_ENV</code> being set to <code>production</code>.</p>
26 <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
28 <li><a href="../cli/npm-uninstall.html">npm-uninstall(1)</a></li>
29 <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li>
30 <li><a href="../cli/npm-ls.html">npm-ls(1)</a></li>
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44 <p id="footer">npm-prune — npm@2.15.11</p>