Error running hello world on node.js

Question

I am on OSX and installed node from the website.

When I tried running basic

console.log('Hello World')

it's giving me following error

-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `'Hello world''

Please let me know how do I proceed.

I tried re-installing node from Node Github installation and if I try to check version of node or npm, I can see them.

vahid abdi · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-24 04:36:32Z

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Terminal is just a window running Bash (by default) - you are expecting Bash to suddenly understand JavaScript just by installing node.js on your system. You must first switch from Bash to Node by typing node and then you can start executing JavaScript commands.

Hit Ctrl+c twice to exit.

edited Feb 24, 2014 at 4:36

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Ivan Guardado · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-24 00:18:43Z

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You have to run: node yourfilename.js

Or if you want to Access to The REPL: node -i

answered Feb 24, 2014 at 0:18

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Aniruddha Over a year ago

it's not in file. I'm just running it in Terminal

Ivan Guardado Over a year ago

You can't execute code directly from The terminal. You have to put your code into a file and launch it, or run code interactively using the REPL

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