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I have a simple node Typescript app whose package.json has 2 entries in the bin property. The package.json file is the following

{
    "name": "test-npx-command",
    "version": "1.0.3",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "bin": {
        "test-npx-command": "dist/lib/command.js",
        "second-command": "dist/lib/secondCommand.js"
    },
    "scripts": {
        "test": "mocha -r ts-node/register src/**/*.spec.ts src/**/**/*.spec.ts",
        "tsc": "tsc --outDir dist",
        "tsc-version": "tsc --version",
        "prepublishOnly": "npm version patch",
        "preversion": "npm run test",
        "version": "npm run tsc && git add -A dist",
        "postversion": "git push"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "author": "",
    "license": "MIT",
    "devDependencies": {
        "@types/chai": "^4.3.4",
        "@types/mocha": "^10.0.1",
        "@types/node": "^18.15.5",
        "chai": "^4.3.7",
        "mocha": "^10.2.0",
        "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
        "typescript": "^5.0.2"
    }
}

I publish it successfully to https://registry.npmjs.org/ and now I want to execute it using the npx command.

I am successful if I try the simple command

npx test-npx-command

In this case the file dist/lib/command.js is actually executed.

But when I try to run the second bin entry like this

npx --package test-npx-command second-command

I get the following error

sh: second-command: command not found

What am I doing wrong?

Picci
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UPDATE:

After you run npx clear-npx-cache and then npx --package test-npx-command second-command you should see something like Need to install the following packages: test-npx-command@1.0.6. I feel like this it's the sure way to know which version of the script you are loading (1.0.6).

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Both of your commands seem to work fine for me... I would try clearing your npx cache as mentioned here and also making sure you don't have the older versions of this package linked locally, if you used npm link.

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