Cannot start file without extension with --experimental-specifier-resolution=node

[tsapko3628]

• Version: 14.17.0, 16.2.0, 16.3.0
• Platform: maxOS Big Sur 11.14.0
• Subsystem:

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Install typescript and run npx tsc with NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-specifier-resolution=node"

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

Always

What is the expected behavior?

Run typescript compiler correctly

What do you see instead?

internal/process/esm_loader.js:74
    internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(
                              ^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER]: Invalid module "file:///path/to/project/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc" 
    at Loader.getFormat (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:117:13)
    at async Loader.getModuleJob (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:242:20)
    at async Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:176:17)
    at async Object.loadESM (internal/process/esm_loader.js:68:5) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER'
}

Additional information

microsoft/TypeScript#44342

[aduh95]

That looks like a npm issue, not a Node.js one. You should open an issue on their repo (https://github.com/npm/cli), they probably want to fix that indeed.

[aduh95]

Reading through the linked issue, it looks like your issue is not related to npx exactly, it's really the extensionless part that is at stake here, sorry I read the OP too fast. In this case, I think your issue is a duplicate of #35518.

If I've missed something, feel free to give more details and to reopen this issue :)