How do I add a custom script to my package json file that runs a javascript file

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I want to be able to execute the command script1 in a project directory that will run node script1 js   script1 js is a file in the same directory   The command needs to be specific to the project directory  meaning that if I send someone else the project folder  they will be able to run the same command     So far I ve tried adding    scripts          script1    node script1 js      to my package json file but when I try running script1 I get the following output   zsh  command not found  script1   Does anyone know the steps necessary to add the script mentioned above to the project folder    Note  the command can not be added to the bash profile  cannot be a machine specific command   Please let me know if you need any clarification

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Custom Scripts  npm run-script  lt custom script name gt   or  npm run  lt custom script name gt   In your example  you would want to run npm run-script script1 or npm run script1   See https   docs npmjs com cli run-script  Lifecycle Scripts  Node also allows you to run custom scripts for certain lifecycle events  like after npm install is run  These can be found here    For example     scripts          postinstall    electron-rebuild        This would run electron-rebuild after a npm install command

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I have created the following  and it s working on my system  Please try this   package json        name    test app      version    1 0 0      scripts          start    node script1 js             script1 js   console log  testing     From your command line run the following command   npm start   Additional use case    My package json file has generally the following scripts  which enable me to watch my files for typescript  sass compilations and running a server as well     scripts          start    concurrently   sass --watch   style sass   style css     npm run tsc w     npm run lite               tsc    tsc        tsc w    tsc -w         lite    lite-server        typings    typings        postinstall    typings install

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Example      scripts          ng    ng        start    ng serve        build    ng build --prod        build c    ng build --prod  amp  amp  del         server front-end        s  q  amp  xcopy  s dist         server front-end          test    ng test        lint    ng lint        e2e    ng e2e         As you can see  the script  build c  is building the angular application  then deletes all old files from a directory  then finally copies the result build files

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Lets say in scripts you want to run 2 commands with a single command    scripts       start   any command      singleCommandToRunTwoCommand   some command here  amp  amp  npm start      Now go to your terminal and run there npm run singleCommandToRunTwoCommand

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Steps are below    In package json add    bin         script1    bin script1 js      Create a bin folder in the project directory and add file runScript1 js with the code       usr bin env node var shell   require  shelljs    shell exec  node step1script js     Run npm install shelljs in terminal Run npm link in terminal From terminal you can now run script1 which will run node script1 js   Reference  http   blog npmjs org post 118810260230 building-a-simple-command-line-tool-with-npm

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Suppose I have this line of scripts in my  quot package json quot   quot scripts quot          quot test quot    quot echo   quot Error  no test specified  quot   amp  amp  exit 1 quot        quot export advertisements quot    quot node export js advertisements quot        quot export homedata quot    quot node export js homedata quot        quot export customdata quot    quot node export js customdata quot        quot export rooms quot    quot node export js rooms quot        Now to run the script  quot export advertisements quot   I will simply go to the terminal and type npm run export advertisements  You are most welcome

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