An alternative solution:
echo "console.log('hello world')" | node
On Monday, December 29, 2014 5:11:01 PM UTC+2, Aria Stewart wrote:
>
>
> > On Dec 29, 2014, at 2:12 AM, noderiety <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I just finished installing nodejs on ubuntu. I wanted to do a
> simple Hello World to get started so I executed the following at the
> command prompt:
> >
> > node console.log('hello world')
> >
> > However, this returns the following error:
> >
> > -bash: syntax error near unexpected token '('
> >
> > Any idea what might be causing this issue and how to fix?
> >
>
>
> Yes! You're actually mixing up two different things. The node command-line
> consists of a script to run, and arguments to pass to it, parsed by the
> shell -- the shell is what's giving you the error, because you're giving it
> javascript, not simple space-separated arguments like command-lines take.
> (you can do more, but quoting rules abound!)
>
> So what you want to do is put your one-line script in a file -- call it
> 'hello.js' perhaps, then:
>
> node hello.js
>
> It should print out "hello world"
>
> Aria
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