webpack/bin/webpack.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

let webpackCliInstalled = false;
try {
	require.resolve("webpack-cli");
	webpackCliInstalled = true;
} catch (e) {
	webpackCliInstalled = false;
}

if (webpackCliInstalled) {
	require("webpack-cli"); // eslint-disable-line node/no-missing-require, node/no-extraneous-require, node/no-unpublished-require
} else {
	console.error("The CLI moved into a separate package: webpack-cli.");
	console.error(
		"Please install 'webpack-cli' in addition to webpack itself to use the CLI."
	);
	console.error("-> When using npm: npm install webpack-cli -D");
	console.error("-> When using yarn: yarn add webpack-cli -D");
	process.exitCode = 1;
}