.TH "NPM-RESTART" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@10.9.8" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-restart\fR - Restart a package
.SS "Synopsis"
.P
.RS 2
.nf
npm restart \[lB]-- <args>\[rB]
.fi
.RE
.SS "Description"
.P
This restarts a project. It is equivalent to running \fBnpm run-script
restart\fR.
.P
If the current project has a \fB"restart"\fR script specified in \fBpackage.json\fR, then the following scripts will be run:
.RS 0
.IP 1. 4
prerestart
.IP 2. 4
restart
.IP 3. 4
postrestart
.RE 0

.P
If it does \fInot\fR have a \fB"restart"\fR script specified, but it does have \fBstop\fR and/or \fBstart\fR scripts, then the following scripts will be run:
.RS 0
.IP 1. 4
prerestart
.IP 2. 4
prestop
.IP 3. 4
stop
.IP 4. 4
poststop
.IP 5. 4
prestart
.IP 6. 4
start
.IP 7. 4
poststart
.IP 8. 4
postrestart
.RE 0

.SS "Configuration"
.SS "\fBignore-scripts\fR"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
Default: false
.IP \(bu 4
Type: Boolean
.RE 0

.P
If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.
.P
Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as \fBnpm start\fR, \fBnpm stop\fR, \fBnpm restart\fR, \fBnpm test\fR, and \fBnpm run-script\fR will still run their intended script if \fBignore-scripts\fR is set, but they will \fInot\fR run any pre- or post-scripts.
.SS "\fBscript-shell\fR"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
.IP \(bu 4
Type: null or String
.RE 0

.P
The shell to use for scripts run with the \fBnpm exec\fR, \fBnpm run\fR and \fBnpm
init <package-spec>\fR commands.
.SS "See Also"
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 4
npm help run-script
.IP \(bu 4
npm help scripts
.IP \(bu 4
npm help test
.IP \(bu 4
npm help start
.IP \(bu 4
npm help stop
.IP \(bu 4
npm help restart
.RE 0