SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list | nodejs | `npm start` - node.js

Question

Running npm start is giving me a syntax error, shown in the output below.
I know how to fix a simple syntax error but I doubt that's the issue here. Looking through various forums didn't result in an answer for me.
[nodemon] starting `npm run lint && node src/app.js`
> server#1.0.0 lint C:\Users\brend\project\server
> node ./node_modules/.bin/eslint **/*.js
C:\Users\brend\project\server\node_modules\.bin\eslint:2
basedir=$(dirname "$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,\\,/,g')")
^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list
at createScript (vm.js:56:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:97:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:383:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.15063
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\ProgramFiles\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "lint"
npm ERR! node v6.11.4
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! server#1.0.0 lint: `node ./node_modules/.bin/eslint **/*.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the server#1.0.0 lint script 'node ./node_modules/.bin/eslint **/*.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the server package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node ./node_modules/.bin/eslint **/*.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs server
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls server
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\brend\project\server\npm-debug.log
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
Below is the package.json.
{
"name": "server",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./node_modules/nodemon/bin/nodemon.js src/app.js --exec \"npm run lint && node\" ",
"lint": "node ./node_modules/.bin/eslint **/*.js"
},

Answer 1

Ugh.. Okay first thing I ran into was an error saying that '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command. I googled and came to the conclusion that I needed to put node before the script. This resulted in progress; namely that it actually ran the script. Turns out it was needed at the "start" script but not the "lint" script.
My package.json scripts now look like this:
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./node_modules/nodemon/bin/nodemon.js src/app.js --exec \"npm run lint && node\" ",
"lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint **/*.js"
},
Which results in:
[nodemon] starting `npm run lint && node src/app.js`
> server#1.0.0 lint C:\Users\brend\project\server
> eslint **/*.js
hello
[nodemon] clean exit - waiting for changes before restart
ps: Thank you for your help kind strangers!