pnpm exec

Execute a shell command in scope of a project.

node_modules/.bin is added to the PATH, so pnpm exec allows executing commands of dependencies.

Examples

If you have Jest as a dependency of your project, there is no need to install Jest globally, just run it with pnpm exec:

  1. pnpm exec jest

The exec part is actually optional when the command is not in conflict with a builtin pnpm command, so you may also just run:

  1. pnpm jest

Options

Any options for the exec command should be listed before the exec keyword. Options listed after the exec keyword are passed to the executed command.

Good. pnpm will run recursively:

  1. pnpm -r exec jest

Bad, pnpm will not run recursively but jest will be executed with the -r option:

  1. pnpm exec jest -r

--recursive, -r

Execute the shell command in every project of the workspace.

The name of the current package is available through the environment variable PNPM_PACKAGE_NAME.

Examples

Prune node_modules installations for all packages:

  1. pnpm -r exec rm -rf node_modules

View package information for all packages. This should be used with the --shell-mode (or -c) option for the environment variable to work.

  1. pnpm -rc exec pnpm view $PNPM_PACKAGE_NAME

--resume-from <package_name>

Added in: v7.22.0

Resume execution from a particular project. This can be useful if you are working with a large workspace and you want to restart a build at a particular project without running through all of the projects that precede it in the build order.

--parallel

Completely disregard concurrency and topological sorting, running a given script immediately in all matching packages with prefixed streaming output. This is the preferred flag for long-running processes over many packages, for instance, a lengthy build process.

--shell-mode, -c

Runs the command inside of a shell. Uses /bin/sh on UNIX and \cmd.exe on Windows.

--filter <package_selector>

Read more about filtering.