node command and file name

Question

I was working on a project and launched my node server with a mistake inside the command.

I typed: node index;Js

Surprisingly, this worked and launched the script correctly, even though my script name is index.js

Why did this work?

Answer 1

When running a node/npm start, it will expect a js file. The semi-colon acts as normal and ends the line of code there. Much like how you can import modules and leave off the trailing .js