name : npm-help-search.md --- title: npm-help-search section: 1 description: Search npm help documentation --- ### Synopsis ```bash npm help-search <text> ``` Note: This command is unaware of workspaces. ### Description This command will search the npm markdown documentation files for the terms provided, and then list the results, sorted by relevance. If only one result is found, then it will show that help topic. If the argument to `npm help` is not a known help topic, then it will call `help-search`. It is rarely if ever necessary to call this command directly. ### Configuration #### `long` * Default: false * Type: Boolean Show extended information in `ls`, `search`, and `help-search`. ### See Also * [npm](/commands/npm) * [npm help](/commands/npm-help)