ReferenceError thrown from clone.js

[DimuthRuwantha]

I was working on different react projects and suddenly npm commands stopped working due to the following error

 i& (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object')
  ^

ReferenceError: i is not defined
    at clone (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\clone.js:10:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:96:24)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:7:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\clone.js:10
  i& (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object')
  ^

ReferenceError: i is not defined
    at clone (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\clone.js:10:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:96:24)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:7:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)

I wonder this is due to node, npm or graceful-fs since I didn't update or any changes to node or npm installed in my PC
node version: v16.13.0
OS: Windows 10

[DimuthRuwantha]

Repair node using node installer fixed the error.