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Why is ts-node not compiling and executing typescript file? It is used in terminal like "ts-node scriptfile" It just returns a blank line. What is wrong? Thanks for the help.

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  • I'm assuming you are using this so you should run ts-node <script> Commented Jun 27, 2019 at 22:52
  • That is exactly the way I'm using ts-node <script> Commented Jun 27, 2019 at 23:10
  • Do you have a tsconfig file setup? Commented Jun 27, 2019 at 23:13
  • No tsconfig file, where and how do I set it up? But when input files are specified on the command line, tsconfig.json files are ignored anyway. Commented Jun 27, 2019 at 23:18

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ts-node is a typescript executor, not a compiler. If you run npx ts-node script.ts it will execute as typescript, without compiling.

To generate a compiled js file, try tsc script.ts.

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