view an npm package.json

npmv.md

Bash script for viewing an npm package package.json

Usgae

  npmv eslint@14.2.0
  npmv eslint
  npmv @koa/router@14.2.3

#!/bin/bash

URL=`npm v $1 | grep .tarball | awk -F \.tarball:\  {' print $2 '}`
PACKAGE=`echo $URL | awk -F \/-\/ {' print $2 '}`
wget $URL &> /dev/null
tar -zxf $PACKAGE package/package.json 
cat package/package.json

rm -rf cat package/
rm -rf $PACKAGE