💻 Package binaries

Package binaries (package.json's bin field) are installed in the node_modules/.bin directory by npm install.

On Unix those are symlinks pointing to the executable files. They can be executed directly inside a terminal.

On Windows, each package binary creates instead three files for the same purpose:

• a Windows batch file ending with .cmd executed when using cmd.exe.
• a Bash file with no file extension executed when using Cygwin or MSYS2.
• a Powershell file ending with .ps1 executed when using Powershell.

To fire local binaries on any OS: use npx (in the shell) or execa (in JavaScript).

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