Unable to run babel-node via shell command

Question

I am trying to use babel-node to run files in my node project.

I am able to get them running if I set up an npm script, such as:

"scripts": {
    "start": "babel-node src/index.js"
  },

However, if I try to run it via the cli, I get the error: zsh: command not found: babel-node.

I've already tried installing babel-node both globally, and as a dev-dependency, via:

npm i -g @babel/node @babel/cli

But this hasn't worked for me.

Does anyone know why the shell command doesn't work?

Answer 1

per https://babeljs.io/docs/babel-node

Compile and run test.js.

Shell

npx babel-node test

so you should update your script to

"scripts": {
    "start": "npx babel-node src/index.js"
  },

And you should be able to lose the /index.js part, simplifying to

"scripts": {
    "start": "npx babel-node src"
  },