nodemon app crashed when run this 'npm run test-watch'

Question

In my package.json file I write this run nodemon:
"scripts": { "test": "mocha server/**/*.test.js", "test-watch": "nodemon --exec 'npm test'" }, And this error showed in terminal:

> [email protected] test-watch D:\nodepractice\node-todo-api
> nodemon --exec 'npm test'

[nodemon] 1.12.0
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
[nodemon] watching: *.*
[nodemon] starting `'npm test'`
''npm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

How to resolve this problem, I want to use nodemon.

Answer 1

If you are working on Windows try to remove the single quotes after the exec command:

"test-watch": "nodemon --exec npm test"

Answer 2

Instead of putting in single quotes why don't you put in double quotes by escaping them.

Try this:

"test-watch":"nodemon --exec \"npm test\""