Global Commands — NPM Module to run commonly used commands

Originally Published: November 2016

Key Facts

• NPM module for running commonly used commands
• Run these commands from any directory
• Setup via a config file on your desktop
• See the repo here on GitHub.

Run commands from any directory. Tired of changing directory all the time in the terminal? Add all your frequent commands into a .globalCommands file on your desktop and run them from within any directory. This package runs in Node.js, so get download the latest version and install this package with:

npm install -g global-commands

Now you can setup your frequent commands file. Add a file named .globalCommands to your desktop and base it off the following:

{
  "test": "echo 'global command'",
  "startMyProject": {
  "directory": "/Users/username/Documents/Code/Projects/myProject",
    "command": "npm start"
  }
}

{
  "test": "echo 'global command'",
  "startMyProject": {
  "directory": "/Users/username/Documents/Code/Projects/myProject",
    "command": "npm start"
  }
}

The file must be a valid JSON object. Each entry must be the command name followed be either:

The command or

An object specifying the directory to run the command from, and the command itself.

You can now run the commands using:

globCom test

globCom startMyProject

etc.