open-readme

Open the README of an installed NPM module in its default application.

This script conflicts with the readme module, as they use the same script name. The difference is that this script will open the default application.

Viewers

Most README files are written in Markdown.

If on OS X, I recommend Marked.

There are also many Markdown viewers available in the Chrome Web Store.

Installation

This is a command-line application and should be installed globally.

npm install -g readme

Usage

Open the README of an installed NPM module in its default application.
If no MODULE_NAME specified, tries to open the first README it can find.

readme [-d|--deep] [-s|--shallow] [-v|--verbose] [-g|--global] [MODULE_NAME]

Options:
  -d, --deep     Dig into dependencies of dependencies            [default: true]
  -s, --shallow  Look only in the current project's dependencies
  -v, --verbose  Enable useless information                     
  -h, --help     You're reading it.                             
  -g, --global   Search global modules                          

If a README is found in a format other than Markdown, the default application for its extension (or lack thereof) will be opened.

--global, --deep and --shallow do nothing if no MODULE_NAME is given.

License

MIT

Author

Christopher Hiller