line 1: This: command not found

Question

I have an issue. Whenever I try to run any npx command on my windows 11 system I get this error

C:\Users\JOEL MATHEW\node_modules.bin/../node/bin/node: line 1: This: command not found

I have been facing this issue for a long time and it's still bothering me.

$ npx -v

9.5.0
 
$ npm -v

9.5.0

$ node -v

v18.14.2

$ npx create-react-app test

C:\Users\JOEL MATHEW\node_modules\.bin/../node/bin/node: line 1: This: command not found

This image shows the error that is printed on my terminal after I run create-react-app .

Answer 1

I finally fixed my issue.

I received the error every time I ran the following $ eas build -p android --profile preview $ eas build -p android

Steps to fix: Navigate to: C:\Users\USRN\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node\bin\

On mine I found two node files, one that was a .exe and other other as just a text file

So I deleted the non executable file.

Hope this helps someone in future