# js

**Repository Path**: mirrors_TooTallNate/js

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: js
- **Description**: A better `node -p`
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-18
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-11

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# js 

**js** is a a better alternative to `node -p`. It will automatically convert data from and to JSON string representations, and will automatically expose enviroment variables as globals preceded with `$`.

## Usage

```bash
js <javascript>
```

## Examples

Using math

```bash
js 2+2
```

Read a field from a JSON file

```bash
js stdin.version < package.json
```

Add a field to a JSON file on the fly

```bash
js 'stdin.foo = "bar", stdin' < in.json > out.json
```