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The process argument handling is different from Deno and NodeJS. The following script in Deno: ``` shellsession $ deno script.ts hello world ``` will set `Deno.args` to `["hello", "world"]`. By contrast, the following in NodeJS: ``` shellsession $ node script.mjs hello world ``` will set `process.argv` to `["/path/to/node","/abs/path/to/script.mjs", "hello", "world"]` The NodeJS way is similar to the argv of a `Bash` script, but the Deno way is more practical. This normalizes Node to behave like Deno, only passing the user arguments to the script. We can explore how to get the script name and the executable name later.
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🐞Fix arguments passed to NodeJS
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Motivation
The process argument handling is different from Deno and NodeJS. The following script in Deno:
$ deno script.ts hello worldwill set
Deno.argsto["hello", "world"]. By contrast, the following in NodeJS:$ node script.mjs hello worldwill set
process.argvto["/path/to/node","/abs/path/to/script.mjs", "hello", "world"]The NodeJS way is similar to the argv of a
Bashscript, but the Deno way is more practical.Approach
This normalizes Node to behave like Deno, only passing the user arguments to the script. We can explore how to get the script name and the executable name later.