Today I Learned - Rocky Kev

TIL the -s in npm install means silent install

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TAGS: npm

npm install <package> -s

What does the -s mean?

It's short for --silent.

-s appears to silence the output of the command (at least in npm v7.0.15).

In other words, including -s (or --silent) in your npm install command means that it will have no output (only a newline)

Via
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54471399/what-npm-install-s-mean#:~:text=npm -S with,your dependencies in your package.

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