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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"`node --loader` for REPL (without entrypoint) does not execute loader","articleBody":"* **Version**: 14.2.0\r\n* **Platform**: Ubuntu 16.04.6\r\n* **Subsystem**: ESM loader hooks, REPL\r\n\r\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\r\n\r\n```\r\ncat 'console.log(\"hooks executing\")' \u003e hooks.mjs\r\nnode --loader ./hooks.mjs\r\n# At the REPL prompt:\r\n\u003e import(\"http://example.com/foo\")\r\n```\r\n\r\nThe message \"hooks executing\" is never written to stdout, indicating that `hooks.mjs` is never executed, even though the ESM resolve hook should be invoked to handle our `import()` call.\r\n\r\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\r\n\r\nAlways\r\n\r\n### What is the expected behavior?\r\n\r\nWhen launching the node REPL with `--loader` flag, the loader hooks are executed.\r\n\r\n### What do you see instead?\r\n\r\nLoader hook file is not executed.\r\n\r\n### Additional information\r\n\r\n\u003c!--\r\nTell us anything else you think we should know.\r\n--\u003e\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/cspotcode","@type":"Person","name":"cspotcode"},"datePublished":"2020-05-16T12:39:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/33435/node/issues/33435"}