`npm install` Output On Jenkins

Question

Not a huge issue, but I've noticed that npm install output on Jenkins comes out a bit weird.

Originally it was an issue with having colors set:

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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] npm
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] http
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] GET
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] [0m
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] [37m
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] npm
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] http
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] GET
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose

After removing the colors it cleaned up the output pretty well (npm config set color false). Unfortunately it is still adding a line break between names:

 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] npm
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] 
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] http
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 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] GET
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] https://registry.npmjs.org/stylish
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] npm
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] 
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] http
 ** [out :: 96.126.118.103] GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script

Is there any way of forcing these lines to be how they usually display? Similar to how it's normally displayed in the console:

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jade
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script

It isn't a huge deal, but it does make troubleshooting npm installs a bit harder than it should be when issues arise.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Install the AnsiColor plugin, that should solve it.