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 suggestion that I do not see here: try this little bit of code

#!/usr/bin/env node
'use strict';

const repl = require('repl');
const cli = repl.start({ replMode: repl.REPL_MODE_STRICT });
cli.context.foo = require('./foo'); // injects it into the repl

Then you can simply run this script and it will include foo as a variable