Running Node.js Commands in the Windows Command Prompt

Question

In Linux, if I run the following command in the CLI:

node -e 'console.log( "Hello, world!" );'

I get the expected output:

Hello, world!

However, in Windows, if I run

node -e 'console.log( "Hello, world!" );'

Even though I have Node.js v12.8.0 installed, I get:

SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token

How can I run Node.js commands like console.log() from the Windows command prompt?

Shivam · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-12 14:14:21Z

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I'm not sure but seems like a it's just Quotation mark error because this worked for me

node -e  "console.log('Hello World')"

answered Aug 12, 2019 at 14:14

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GTS Joe Over a year ago

Wow, that's crazy! So in Windows, I have to use double quotes to signify the Node.js command while in Linux the opposite is true. Thanks very much for your help. Does anyone know why? It must be something to do with Windows CLI syntax.

Shivam Over a year ago

I believe its just a windows CMD thing because I tried the above command that you used in Linux in my GIT BASH (its linux based) and i got the desired result as you mentioned

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