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12 <h1><a href="../cli/npm-restart.html">npm-restart</a></h1> <p>Restart a package</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm restart [-- <args>]
15 </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
16 <p>This restarts a package.</p>
17 <p>This runs a package's "stop", "restart", and "start" scripts, and associated
18 pre- and post- scripts, in the order given below:</p>
30 <h2 id="note">NOTE</h2>
31 <p>Note that the "restart" script is run <strong>in addition to</strong> the "stop"
32 and "start" scripts, not instead of them.</p>
33 <p>This is the behavior as of <code>npm</code> major version 2. A change in this
34 behavior will be accompanied by an increase in major version number</p>
35 <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
37 <li><a href="../cli/npm-run-script.html">npm-run-script(1)</a></li>
38 <li><a href="../misc/npm-scripts.html">npm-scripts(7)</a></li>
39 <li><a href="../cli/npm-test.html">npm-test(1)</a></li>
40 <li><a href="../cli/npm-start.html">npm-start(1)</a></li>
41 <li><a href="../cli/npm-stop.html">npm-stop(1)</a></li>
42 <li><a href="../api/npm-restart.html">npm-restart(3)</a></li>
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56 <p id="footer">npm-restart — npm@2.15.11</p>