npx compatibility

[reiradford]

When running npx odiff --help on Windows, I receive this error:

$ npx odiff --help

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SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1469:18)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1491:20)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1689:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1318:32)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1128:12)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:218:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:170:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49

Node.js v22.11.0

I believe the reason for this is that the little shell script that gets installed to node_modules/.bin/odiff.cmd is trying to run the odiff.exe binary file via node (node node_modules/odiff-bin/bin/odiff.exe) instead of just running it directly.

I realize npx isn't explicitly stated as a supported option for running odiff, but it seemed like an easier option than requiring everyone to change the PATH environment variable. Or is there a better option besides installing it globally?

[Mysterium-Mystery]

I have a similar issue although I'm not even using npx. I just installed it using "npm install -g odiff-bin", but when running it from anywhere just using "odiff" it throws this very similar error:

SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1515:18)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1537:20)
at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1708:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1318:32)
at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1128:12)
at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:219:24)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:170:5)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49

Executing the odiff.exe file in node_modules/odiff-bin/bin directly works though