How to run TypeScript files from command line?

Run the below commands and install the required packages globally:

npm install -g ts-node typescript '@types/node'

Now run the following command to execute a typescript file:

ts-node typescript-file.ts

How do I do the same with Typescript

You can leave tsc running in watch mode using tsc -w -p . and it will generate .js files for you in a live fashion, so you can run node foo.js like normal

TS Node

There is ts-node : https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node that will compile the code on the fly and run it through node 🌹

npx ts-node src/foo.ts