What is colon : in npm script names?

Question

Trying to figure out what putting : in an npm script name does. For example:

package.json

\"test:ci\": \"rest of script\"
         


        

Answer 1

I solved this by running - "npm run "

Within my package.json file, I had two "start scripts"

start: nodemon server.js

start:elasticsearch: docker run elasticsearch..

Solved with npm run start:elasticsearch