Node REPL throws SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

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I am very newbie to node.js. In the node REPL everything was working fine. But something changed. When I try to execute a file it shows this...

D:\Projects-2015\uniqueva>node
/>node module.js


SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at Object.exports.createScript (vm.js:44:10)
    at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:117:23)
    at bound (domain.js:254:14)
    at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:267:12)
    at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:279:12)
    at REPLServer.emit (events.js:107:17)
    at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:214:10)
    at REPLServer.Interface._line (readline.js:553:8)
    at REPLServer.Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:830:14)
    at ReadStream.onkeypress (readline.js:109:10)

It happens even when I try this...

node --version

I have the following code in the module.js..

var http = require("http");

http.createServer(function(request, response){
    response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type" : "text/plain"});
    response.write("Hello World");
    response.end();
}).listen(8888);

..but even if I try to only console.log something, or just leave the file blank it's the same issue.. enter image description here

What's inside your module.js file?

Osukaa
– Osukaa

2015-03-24 15:13:26 +00:00
Commented Mar 24, 2015 at 15:13 — Osukaa
– Osukaa, Commented Mar 24, 2015 at 15:13

Madara's Ghost · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-27 09:41:39Z

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You can't call the node executable from within the node REPL... Only JavaScript statements/expressions.

Try require('./module.js')

answered Mar 27, 2015 at 9:41

Madara's Ghost

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Smoking Sheriff Over a year ago

Actually I am using Git Bash to execute node scripts. Does that matter? It was working just fine few days back!

Madara's Ghost Over a year ago

You probably didn't enter the node REPL then. There's no reason it would work inside the REPL...

Smoking Sheriff Over a year ago

Ok, how do I do it then? How do I execute it from Git bash? I did a manual delete of few npm modules.

Madara's Ghost Over a year ago

Without executing node, just execute node module.js

Saurabh Raisinghani · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-21 21:51:29Z

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Are you running node by double clicking on it?

You have to run node from command line and give command node xyz.js on command line.

node should be in your class path or while executing node use full path. such as c:\work\nodetest\node .\xyz.js

in above i coped the js file in same folder as node file.

answered May 21, 2015 at 21:51

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