Node: Command line utitly in Windows

Question

I am writing a basic command line utility using node in Windows. Here is the file kevin.js

#!/usr/bin/env node console.log("Hello");

Below is my package.json

{ "name": "kevin", "version": "0.0.0", "preferGlobal": "true", "bin":{ "kevin":"kevin.js" } }

When I execute node kevin.js it works. npm link command also works fine. But when i try to execute my command kevin, it does not execute, instead opens the file in Notepad.

Windows does not understand the #!/usr/bin/env node part of your script. You have to run it as 'node kevin.js' — antlersoft
– antlersoft, Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 15:32

Dziad Borowy · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-08 16:20:07Z

you can create kevin.cmd (or kevin.bat) with the command to run your tool (e.g.: node kevin.js) and put it somewhere in the system PATH. That's what most of the tools do (like uglifyjs, less, etc.).

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:23:12Z

You can associate a file extension with a default "runtime" environment.

See my explanation on how to do it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6818266/330315

Once you have done it, you can simply type "kevin" in the commandline and it will be executed using node.js

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