REPL Terminal for Node.js

node-repl

#!/bin/bash

getUid() {
  cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 8 | head -n 1
}

. "$HOME/.bashrc"

if [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
  if [ -d "$HOME/.nvm" ] && [ -f "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
    NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
  else
    echo "Environment variable NVM_DIR is not defined. Exit."
    read
    exit 1
  fi
fi

. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  while true; do
    base=/tmp/$(getUid)
    if [ ! -d "$base" ]; then
      mkdir "$base"
      break
    fi
  done
else
  if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
    mkdir -vp $1
  fi
  base=$1
fi

node_bin=$(nvm which node)
npm_bin=$(dirname $node_bin)/npm

mkdir -p $base
cd $base

echo "node: $($node_bin -v)"
echo "npm: $($npm_bin -v)"
echo "cwd/NODE_PATH: $base"
echo

NODE_PATH=$base node

Linux Mint

System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts -> Add custom shortcut
Name: Node.js REPL
Command: gnome-terminal --title "Node.js REPL" -- /bin/bash /home/user/bin/node-repl