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12 <h1><a href="../cli/npm-start.html">npm-start</a></h1> <p>Start a package</p>
13 <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
14 <pre><code>npm start [-- <args>]
15 </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
16 <p>This runs an arbitrary command specified in the package's <code>"start"</code> property of
17 its <code>"scripts"</code> object. If no <code>"start"</code> property is specified on the
18 <code>"scripts"</code> object, it will run <code>node server.js</code>.</p>
19 <p>As of <a href="http://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0"><code>npm@2.0.0</code></a>, you can
20 use custom arguments when executing scripts. Refer to <a href="../cli/npm-run-script.html">npm-run-script(1)</a> for
22 <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
24 <li><a href="../cli/npm-run-script.html">npm-run-script(1)</a></li>
25 <li><a href="../misc/npm-scripts.html">npm-scripts(7)</a></li>
26 <li><a href="../cli/npm-test.html">npm-test(1)</a></li>
27 <li><a href="../cli/npm-restart.html">npm-restart(1)</a></li>
28 <li><a href="../cli/npm-stop.html">npm-stop(1)</a></li>
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