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doc: add additional details about --input-type
PR-URL: #50796 Fixes: #50781 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Geoffrey Booth <webadmin@geoffreybooth.com>
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added: v12.0.0
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This configures Node.js to interpret string input as CommonJS or as an ES
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module. String input is input via `--eval`, `--print`, or `STDIN`.
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This configures Node.js to interpret `--eval` or `STDIN` input as CommonJS or
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as an ES module. Valid values are `"commonjs"` or `"module"`. The default is
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`"commonjs"` unless [`--experimental-default-type=module`][] is used.
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Valid values are `"commonjs"` and `"module"`. The default is `"commonjs"`.
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The REPL does not support this option.
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The REPL does not support this option. Usage of `--input-type=module` with
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[`--print`][] will throw an error, as `--print` does not support ES module
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syntax.
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### `--insecure-http-parser`
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[`--import`]: #--importmodule
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[`--openssl-config`]: #--openssl-configfile
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[`--preserve-symlinks`]: #--preserve-symlinks
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[`--print`]: #-p---print-script
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[`--redirect-warnings`]: #--redirect-warningsfile
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[`--require`]: #-r---require-module
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[`Atomics.wait()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Atomics/wait

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