How do I load my script into the node.js REPL?

Question

I have a script foo.js that contains some functions I want to play with in the REPL.

Is there a way to have node execute my script and then jump into a

Answer 1

Another way is to define those functions as global.

global.helloWorld = function() { console.log("Hello World"); }

Then preload the file in the REPL as:

node -r ./file.js

Then the function helloWorld can be accessed directly in the REPL.