can't execute my node.js code using terminal

Question

I've installed Node.js version 10.16.0 LTS. I run "node -v" command in cmd to check if it's installed correctly or not.

created a file hello.js run cmd in the same directory

the error msg says: D:\nodeJS>node

node hello.js Thrown: node hello.js ^^^^^ SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

the only line of code I wrote in .js file is : console.log("hello");

for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++){
    console.log("hello");
}

Raaj Ahiable · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-13 12:17:26Z

1

You ran it in the node REPL. Press control + c twice to get out of the Node REPL. Then you run the command node hello.js

answered Jul 13, 2019 at 12:17

Raaj Ahiable

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Great. Please mark my answer as correct. And you are welcome