If I want to know what node modules I have globally installed I use this command; it lists globally installed modules and their vesions.
npm ls -g --depth=0
However since I use nvm and work on many different projects with different node versions, I often forget which node versions I have installed a global module for. nvm does let you copy global modules between versions but usually I just need to know the node version so I can switch to it and use the module. This function does just that; it lists which node versions (installed through nvm) the specified node module is globally installed for.
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| nvm_global () { | |
| PKG_NAME=$1 | |
| VERSIONS=() | |
| I=0 | |
| for VER in $(nvm_ls) | |
| do | |
| nvm exec --silent ${VER} npm ls -g ${PKG_NAME} --depth=0 >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
| if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
| VERSIONS[I]=${VER} | |
| fi | |
| let I=${I}+1 | |
| done | |
| if [ ${#VERSIONS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then | |
| echo "${PKG_NAME} not found for any node version installed through nvm" | |
| else | |
| echo "Found ${PKG_NAME} for node versions:" | |
| for VERSION in "${VERSIONS[@]}" | |
| do | |
| echo -e "\t${VERSION}" | |
| done | |
| fi | |
| } |
Example usage:
nvm_global surge
Outputs
Found surge for versions:
v6.9.1