npm starts to execute many prestart scripts

Question

Ok, I have a project where I use npm. I need it to compile several .coffee scripts.

I need to execute multiple prestart scripts, like:

  "scripts": {
     "prestart": "coffee -c ./file1.coffee",
     "prestart": "coffee -c ./file2.coffee",
     "prestart": "coffee -c ./file3.coffee",
     "prestart": "coffee -c ./file4.coffee",
    "start": "node ./file1.js"
  },

But it only seems to execute the last one, and it doesn't let me append many scripts on one like:

"prestart": "coffee -c ./file1.coffee; coffee -c./file2.coffee"

What can I do?

Answer 1

wrap them in a parent script

"scripts": {
  "prestart": "sh ./make-coffee.sh",
  "start": "node ./file1.js"
},

//make-coffee.sh
#!/bin/bash
coffee -c ./file1.coffee
coffee -c ./file2.coffee
coffee -c ./file3.coffee
coffee -c ./file4.coffee

or another (unix-only) solution is to run multiple commands. I don't know what happens if the early commands fail.

"scripts": {
  "prestart": "coffee -c ./file1.coffee; coffee -c ./file2.coffee; coffee -c ./file3.coffee; coffee -c ./file4.coffee",
  "start": "node ./file1.js"
},

Answer 2

you can use && like this

"scripts": {
  "prestart": "coffee -c ./file1.coffee && coffee -c ./file2.coffee && coffee -c ./file3.coffee && coffee -c ./file4.coffee",
  "start": "node ./file1.js"
},