npm-query

Print an array of dependency objects using CSS-like selectors.

Print direct dependencies

$ npm query ':root > *'

Print all direct production/development dependencies

$ npm query ':root > .[prod|dev]'

Print dependencies with a specific name

$ npm query '#[package]'

Print dependencies with a specific name and within a semantic versioning range

$ npm query #[package]@[semantic_version]

Print dependencies which have no dependencies

$ npm query ':empty'

Find all dependencies with postinstall scripts and uninstall them

$ npm query ":attr(scripts, [postinstall])" | jq 'map(.name) | join("\n")' -r | xargs -I {} npm uninstall {}

Find all Git dependencies and print which application requires them

$ npm query ":type(git)" | jq 'map(.name)' | xargs -I {} npm why {}