npm install jsjs is a a better alternative to node -p. It will automatically convert data from and to JSON string representations, and will automatically expose enviroment variables as globals preceded with $.
``bash`
js
Using math
`bash`
js 2+2
Read a field from a JSON file
`bash`
js stdin.version < package.json
Add a field to a JSON file on the fly
`bash``
js 'stdin.foo = "bar", stdin' < in.json > out.json