---
title: 'affected:libs - CLI command'
description: 'Print libraries affected by changes'
---

# affected:libs

    **Deprecated:** Use `nx print-affected --type=lib ...` instead. This command will be removed in v15.

    Print libraries affected by changes

## Usage

```terminal
nx affected:libs
```

Install `nx` globally to invoke the command directly using `nx`, or use `npx nx`, `yarn nx`, or `pnpm nx`.

### Examples

Print the names of all the libs affected by changing the index.ts file:

```terminal
 nx affected:libs --files=libs/mylib/src/index.ts
```

Print the names of all the libs affected by the changes between main and HEAD (e.g., PR):

```terminal
 nx affected:libs --base=main --head=HEAD
```

Print the names of all the libs affected by the last commit on main:

```terminal
 nx affected:libs --base=main~1 --head=main
```

## Options

### all

Type: `boolean`

All projects

### base

Type: `string`

Base of the current branch (usually main)

### configuration

Type: `string`

This is the configuration to use when performing tasks on projects

### exclude

Type: `array`

Default: `[]`

Exclude certain projects from being processed

### files

Type: `array`

Change the way Nx is calculating the affected command by providing directly changed files, list of files delimited by commas

### head

Type: `string`

Latest commit of the current branch (usually HEAD)

### help

Type: `boolean`

Show help

### nx-bail

Type: `boolean`

Default: `false`

Stop command execution after the first failed task

### nx-ignore-cycles

Type: `boolean`

Default: `false`

Ignore cycles in the task graph

### plain

Produces a plain output for affected:apps and affected:libs

### runner

Type: `string`

This is the name of the tasks runner configured in nx.json

### skip-nx-cache

Type: `boolean`

Default: `false`

Rerun the tasks even when the results are available in the cache

### uncommitted

Type: `boolean`

Uncommitted changes

### untracked

Type: `boolean`

Untracked changes

### verbose

Type: `boolean`

Default: `false`

Prints additional information about the commands (e.g., stack traces)

### version

Type: `boolean`

Show version number