Run node.js with different file extension

Question

Run node.js with different file extension

Is is possible to run node.js with a different extension than .js like: node server.type instead of node server.js?

I have tried require.extensions

require.extensions['.type'] = require.extensions['.js'];

but I get this error:

Error: /root/project/server.type: invalid ELF header
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:901:3

However I think this has nothing to do with require unless I want to require these files from within node.js.

javascript
node.js
file-extension

Answer 1

Works just fine:

$ echo 'console.log("hello world")' > server.type
$ node server.type
hello world

But I'm guessing that you want to run it as an executable. In that case, start your script with:

#!/usr/bin/env node

# followed by your actual script:
console.log("hello world");

And make your script executable:

chmod 755 server.type

After that:

$ /root/project/server.type
hello world