clearer help menu for npx

[aep-sunlife]

npx is a leaky abstraction.

$ npx -h
Run a command from a local or remote npm package

Usage:
npm exec -- <pkg>[@<version>] [args...]
npm exec --package=<pkg>[@<version>] -- <cmd> [args...]
npm exec -c '<cmd> [args...]'
npm exec --package=foo -c '<cmd> [args...]'

Options:
[--package <package-spec> [--package <package-spec> ...]] [-c|--call <call>]
[-w|--workspace <workspace-name> [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> ...]]
[--workspaces] [--include-workspace-root]

alias: x

Run "npm help exec" for more info

It's fine to delegate from npx to npm exec. It's not fine to delegate the help menu syntax (npm exec).

99% of CLI help menus cite the same command/prefix as the program path that invoked the command. Please disambiguate whether the user should actually invoke npx ... commands vs. npm exec ... commands, in npx's help menu. Don't jump back and forth between the two terminologies.

Specifically, it's unclear when or whether an explicit exec subcommand is supported by npx commands.

[ljharb]

npx is part of npm - node does not maintain it.

You may want to file this on https://github.com/npm/cli