'babel-node is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

When I try to run a JS file by babel command it is showing:

"babel-node is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file".

I had created 1.js file in this written "console.log("hello world")"; and tried to run with babel-node command but it is showing the above-mentioned error.

ecmascript-6 babeljs

Solution 1:^[1]

you can try install babel's global version

npm install -g babel-cli

Solution 2:^[2]

Tried many suggestions and finally, I had to explicitly provide the absolute path to babel-node to get it working in scripts definition section in package.json file.

"start": "nodemon --exec ./node_modules/.bin/babel-node src/index.js"

node - v15.5.1 nodemon - v2.0.7 @babel/node - v7.12.10

Solution 3:^[3]

Make sure that you have got the babel module so that it can be used.

For example by using npm install babel-cli to get a node_modules folder. Then you can find the runnable in node_module/.bin.

Solution 4:^[4]

a combination of above solutions worked for me:

npm install @babel/node
npm install @babel/cli
npm install @babel/core

and then I ran npm start and it worked.

Solution 5:^[5]

Adding npx to the command might help, so exact binary will be executed

nodemon --exec npx babel-node src/index.js

Solution 6:^[6]

For me the issue was solved by installing 'babel-node' globally by running this command:

npm install @babel/node -g

Solution 7:^[7]

If your project is based on babel 7, you should run this

npm install  @babel/cli @babel/core

Solution 8:^[8]

install @babel/node , i came across the same problem and by installing this solved my problem

Solution 9:^[9]

To intall babel packages worked for me

npm i @babel/cli @babel/core @babel/node @babel/preset-env --save-dev

Solution 10:^[10]

"nodemon --exec ./node_modules/.bin/babel-node src/index.js"

Solution 11:^[11]

What is currently missing is part of @babel/node. Depending on your project dependency you can install:

npm install @babel/cli
npm install @babel/node

Solution 12:^[12]

My issue solved by running this command

> npx babel-watch .

Solution 13:^[13]

you can also use

"start": "babel-node backend/server.js"

Solution 14:^[14]

For those who struggle making it work for node + nodemon, what helped me was:

Install these deps:

"@babel/cli": "^7.14.5",
"@babel/core": "^7.14.6",
"@babel/node": "^7.14.7",
"@babel/preset-env": "^7.14.7",
"nodemon": "^2.0.12"

You can leave path to babel-node to be relative.

"dev": "nodemon src/index.js --exec babel-node",

Solution 15:^[15]

This fixed it for me:

npm ci

(npm clean install removes node modules and then installs them again)

Solution 16:^[16]

After trying everything here, it still didn't work. Eventually I got it working by removing the folders containing the executable (which for me was node_modules/.bin/).

Before:

"scripts": {
  "babel": "node_modules/.bin/babel src/index.js -o dist/assets/bundle.js"
}

After:

"scripts": {
  "babel": "babel src/index.js -o dist/assets/bundle.js"
}

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