Node js version on the command line not the REPL

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I want to get the version of Node js on the command line  I m expecting to run a command like   node -version   but that doesn t work  Does anybody know what the command line would be   i e  not the REPL

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Just type npm version in your command line and it will display all the version details about node  npm  v8 engine etc

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If you re referring to the shell command line  either of the following will work   node -v  node --version   Just typing node version will cause node js to attempt loading a module named version  which doesn t exist unless you like working with confusing module names

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Repl Command to find the Nodejs Version       node  gt process version  v8 x

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find the installed node version     node --version   or      node -v   And if you want more information about installed node i e  node version v8 version platform env variables info etc    then just do this     node  gt  process   process     title   node     version   v6 6 0     moduleLoadList         Binding contextify         Binding natives         NativeModule events         NativeModule util         Binding uv         NativeModule buffer         Binding buffer         Binding util              where The process object is a global that provides information about  and control over  the current Node js process

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On an Arm7  armhf  device running Debian Stretch  I had to issue either of the following     nodejs -v   nodejs -h   The following did not work     node -v   node -h   apm -v   Hope this helps someone else

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If you want to check in command prompt use node -v or node --version   v6 9 5   If u have node exe then in node you can give    gt process process     title   node     version   v6 9 5

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The command line for that is   node -v   Or  node --version   Note   If node -v doesn t work  but nodejs -v does  then something s not set up quite right on your system  See this other question for ways to fix it

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You can simply do   node --version   or short form would also do  node -v   If above commands does not work  you have done something wrong in installation  reinstall the node js and try

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Try  nodejs instead of just node    nodejs -v v0 10 25

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One cool tip if you are using the Atom editor      apm -v apm  1 12 5 npm  3 10 5 node 4 4 5 python 2 7 12 git 2 7 4   It will return you not only the node version but also few other things

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By default node package is nodejs  so use     nodejs -v   or    nodejs --version    You can make a link using    sudo ln -s  usr bin nodejs  usr bin node   then u can use     node --version   or     node -v

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Node   node --version or node -v  npm   npm --version or npm -v  V8 engine version   node -p process versions v8

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If you are windows user and using command line to check following versions then   Check node version node -v  Check npm version npm -v

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open node js command promptrun this command     node -v

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