TypeScript error TS5014: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0

Question

I am trying to compile a .ts to .js

I have tsconfig.json as below

{
\"compilerOptions\": {
    \"target\": \"es5\",
    \"module\": \"co         


        

Answer 1

After trying something from this link, I re-write the tasks.json as below and it now worked. Seems the command has some problem previously

{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
    {
        "taskName": "compile",
        "type": "shell",
        "command": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
        "group": {
            "kind": "build",
            "isDefault": true
        },
        "problemMatcher": []
    }
]
}