How to use executables from a package installed locally in node modules

Question

How do I use a local version of a module in node.js. For example, in my app, I installed coffee-script:

npm install coffee-script

This installs it in ./node_modules and the coffee command is in ./node_modules/.bin/coffee. Is there a way to run this command when I'm in my project's main folder? I guess I'm looking for something similar to bundle exec in bundler. Basically, I'd like to specify a version of coffee-script that everyone involved with the project should use.

I know I can add the -g flag to install it globally so coffee works fine anywhere, but what if I wanted to have different versions of coffee per project?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

Use the npm bin command to get the node modules /bin directory of your project

$ $(npm bin)/<binary-name> [args]

e.g.

$ $(npm bin)/bower install

Hope it helps!!
ThanK you!!