Console.log giving error in Node.js

Question

I am newbie to Node. I have installed Node on my nginx server. Created a folder namely test in the root. Inside the test folder I have created a js file namely test.js.

I have written a simple Console.log("Hi").

Now in the terminal I am running the following code:

node test.js

I am getting following error.

/root/test/test.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { console.log("HI...")ø
                                                                                  ^
SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
    at createScript (vm.js:56:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:97:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:390:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:150:9)

Any idea what I am missing?

console ... not Console - though your actual code seems to use console ... console.log("HI...")ø that last character is causing node to choke — Jaromanda X
– Jaromanda X, Commented May 9, 2017 at 1:05

Jonathan Dion · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-09 02:19:18Z

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There is a typo ø after console.log()

edited May 9, 2017 at 2:19

answered May 9, 2017 at 1:14

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maxwell · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-09 01:18:03Z

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Console.log("Hi")

to reference the global console object in Node you need to use lowercase.

Your program would therefore be console.log("Hi")

Also, the error suggests you have an extra character after the console statement. Make sure the ø character is removed.

edited May 9, 2017 at 1:18

answered May 9, 2017 at 1:07

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Soviut Over a year ago

It appears they have used the lower case based on the error

maxwell Over a year ago

updated. guess the question itself contains the typo.

Remario · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-09 01:36:41Z

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(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { console.log("HI...")ø , there was a typo. ø

answered May 9, 2017 at 1:36

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