npx comes bundled with npm 5.2.0+. It temporarily downloads then executes an npm package that's used as a script (such as create-react-app) without needing to install it anywhere on the machine.
A fun example if you want to try it out is cowsay, a little script that outputs an ASCII cow saying something:
> npx cowsay "Cows are the silent jury in the trial of mankind."
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/ Cows are the silent jury in the trial of \
\ mankind. /
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\ ^__^
\ (oo)\_______
(__)\ )\/\
||----w |
|| ||
Here's one not a lot of people know about.
npx comes bundled with npm 5.2.0+. It temporarily downloads then executes an npm package that's used as a script (such as create-react-app) without needing to install it anywhere on the machine.
A fun example if you want to try it out is cowsay, a little script that outputs an ASCII cow saying something:
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing Shawn!