TypeError: process.stdout.cursorTo is not a function

[ebekebe]

When redirecting output away from the TTY to a file or a pipe, I get this error:

TypeError: process.stdout.cursorTo is not a function
    at getPackageDetails.then (/Users/benjamin/.npm/_npx/27879/lib/node_modules/npm-consider/index.js:100:22)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

Steps to reproduce:

npx npm-consider install nodemon >/dev/null

[dgkimpton]

This happens for me with all packages on Windows. Maybe something in the latest version of Node broke it?

$ npm-consider install jasmine --save
GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmineTypeError: process.stdout.cursorTo is not a function
    at C:\Users\duncan\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm-consider\index.js:100:22
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

$ npm --version 6.14.5
npm-consider --version 1.7.0

[ebekebe]

@dgkimpton Good point. I re-ran in Docker to have a reproducible environment.

$ docker run --rm node:8 npm --version
6.13.4

$ docker run --rm node:8 node --version
v8.17.0

$ docker run --rm node:8 npx npm-consider install nodemon
npx: installed 58 in 7.842s
GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemonTypeError: process.stdout.cursorTo is not a function
    at getPackageDetails.then (/root/.npm/_npx/1/lib/node_modules/npm-consider/index.js:100:22)
    at <anonymous>
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)

$ docker run --rm node:10 npm --version
6.14.4

$ docker run --rm node:10 node --version
v10.21.0

$ docker run --rm node:10 npx npm-consider install nodemon
npx: installed 58 in 6.053s
GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemonTypeError: process.stdout.cursorTo is not a function
    at getPackageDetails.then (/root/.npm/_npx/1/lib/node_modules/npm-consider/index.js:100:22)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

$ docker run --rm node:12 npm --version
6.14.4

$ docker run --rm node:12 node --version
v12.18.0

$ docker run --rm node:12 npx npm-consider install nodemon
npx: installed 58 in 6.334s
GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemonTypeError: process.stdout.cursorTo is not a function
    at /root/.npm/_npx/1/lib/node_modules/npm-consider/index.js:100:22
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

[xsrvmy]

Not sure if this is still an issue, but you can use winpty npx to run npx instead.