SyntaxError in console.log('Test');

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I am trying to set up VS Code and Node.js so I can actually start learning JavaScript. When I run this code console.log('Test'); in VS Code I get the following error message:

SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at Object.compileFunction (node:vm:360:18)
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1055:15)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1090:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1180:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1004:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:839:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

I have read somewhere that maybe I have some hidden characters so I installed ESLint, Gremlins, and Tabnine extensions with the hope to see some issues in that super simple code, but I could not.

Additionally, this code works perfectly well in the Browser>Terminal or in the Windows terminal. What I am missing here?

SyntaxError in console.log('Test');

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