Sometimes, we want to execute a JavaScript file in Node.js.
In this article, we’ll look at how to execute a JavaScript file in Node.js.
How to execute a JavaScript file in Node.js?
To execute a JavaScript file in Node.js, we can run the node command with the path of the JavaScript file we want to run.
For instance, we run:
node C:\Users\John\Downloads\NodeJS\working\hello_world.js
to run the C:\Users\John\Downloads\NodeJS\working\hello_world.js file with the node command.
We can also run:
cd C:\Users\John\Downloads\NodeJS\working\
node hello_world.js
to change the current working directory to the folder where the file is with cd.
Then we run hello_world.js in the current working directory with node.
Conclusion
To execute a JavaScript file in Node.js, we can run the node command with the path of the JavaScript file we want to run.
