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Print names of files part of the compilation. This is useful when you are not sure that TypeScript has included a file you expected.

For example:

example
├── index.ts
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json

example
├── index.ts
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json

With:

json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "listFiles": true
  }
}

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "listFiles": true
  }
}

Would echo paths like:

$ npm run tsc
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.dom.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.webworker.importscripts.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.scripthost.d.ts
path/to/example/index.ts

$ npm run tsc
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.dom.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.webworker.importscripts.d.ts
path/to/example/node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.scripthost.d.ts
path/to/example/index.ts

Note if using TypeScript 4.2, prefer explainFiles which offers an explanation of why a file was added too.