How to pass parameters to node.js from Windows command line

Question

I'm working in a node application that can be started like this from a Mac machine:

DEBUG=app.* ENVIRONMENT=local node server/index.js

However, when trying to run that script in a Windows command line, I get the following message:

" 'DEBUG' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

When running the script without the parameters, I don't get any error.

How can I pass said parameters to my index.js from Windows?

user5283155 · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-05 05:22:27Z

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Run this in the CMD window where you'll run your node app.

SET DEBUG=app.*
SET ENVIRONMENT=local
node server/index.js

Or if you want it to be in a single line, type this.

SET DEBUG=app.*&&SET ENVIRONMENT=local&&node server/index.js

To make this variable changes persistent, you should edit your environment variables in control panel.

answered Sep 5, 2015 at 5:22

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Daniel Calderon Mori Over a year ago

Worked like a charm. Thank you.

Jonathan Lafleur Over a year ago

I know it's a little bit old post, but since I don't want to polute SO, I came here while trying to understand how to pass textual arguments to node... like this : node boot.js -verbose From documentation that should just work. The example only return me value 0 and 1 who are both the path of node and the path of boot.js...

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