How do you run a script by name?

To run a script by name, you use the command:

bash

npm run <script-name>

If package.json has:

json

"scripts": {
  "build": "webpack",
  "dev": "vite"
}

then you can run them like this:

bash

npm run build
npm run dev

For a script named start, you can skip run:

bash

npm start

Summary: scripts from package.json are run via npm run <script-name>, and npm start is a shorthand for start.

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