title: "Syntax error: Invalid or unexpected token" running a script with node.js
body: <p>i get the following error message from the terminal (powershell) when i try to run my echo.js file using node js</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-js prettyprint-override"><code>PS C:\Users\ASUS\Dropbox\Web Development\Backend\Intro To Node&gt; node echo.js
  C:\Users\ASUS\Dropbox\Web Development\Backend\Intro To Node\echo.js:1
  (function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { ��
                                                                ^
  
  SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
      at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
      at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
      at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
      at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
      at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)
      at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)
      at bootstrap_node.js:609:3
  </code></pre>