Get error on running ts-node on TypeScript files

[nikitavoloboev]

Below is the error:

[Running] ts-node "/Users/nikivi/src/test/ts-test/test.ts"

/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:261
    return new TSError(diagnosticText, diagnosticCodes)
           ^
TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript:
error TS5023: Unknown compiler option 'exclude'.

    at createTSError (/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:261:12)
    at Object.register (/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:265:42)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/bin.ts:113:17)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:191:16)

[Done] exited with code=1 in 0.332 seconds

I have both ts-node and typescript installed globally with npm i -g.

I can run the above file in my shell but not with Code Runner:

❯  ts-node "/Users/nikivi/src/test/ts-test/test.ts"
test

[formulahendry]

Did you try closing all VS Code, and start VS Code and then try again?

[nikitavoloboev]

Did you try closing all VS Code, and start VS Code and then try again?

Tried that. Same error:

[Running] ts-node "/Users/nikivi/src/test/ts-test/test.ts"

/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:261
    return new TSError(diagnosticText, diagnosticCodes)
           ^
TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript:
error TS5023: Unknown compiler option 'exclude'.

    at createTSError (/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:261:12)
    at Object.register (/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:265:42)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/nikivi/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/ts-node/src/bin.ts:113:17)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:191:16)

[Done] exited with code=1 in 0.381 seconds

[formulahendry]

Please use below setting (File->Preference->Settings) to run code in Integrated Terminal:

{
    "code-runner.runInTerminal": true
}

[ak99372]

I think the issue is that the code runner executes command in root folder! If your package/project (including tsconfig) is a sub folder you will run into this issue.
The solution is then to make sure the project's folder is in workspace on its own (you can just re-add the folder into workspace again but make sure to run the code from there).