gistfile1.js

// CreativeMUD by whiskers75
// Licenced under the GPLv2.

var sockets = [];
var players = [];
var repl = require('repl');
var net = require('net');
var fs = require('fs');
var len = 0;
var waiting = false;
var waitingFor = -1;
var waitingType = '';
var wait = 0;
var users = [];
var nnames = [];
var regs = 0;
var items = [];
var owners = [];
var areas = [];
var file;


net.createServer(function (socket) {
    socket.write('Welcome to CreativeMUD, version 0.0.1!\nThere are currently '+ len + ' players logged in.\nTo exit CreativeMUD, type \'.exit\'.\n');
    sockets.push(socket);
    players[sockets.indexOf(socket)] = 'none';
    len = len + 1;
    repl.start({
        prompt:"CreativeMUD, socket "+ sockets.indexOf(socket)+"> ",
        input: socket,
        output: socket,
        'eval': function(cmd, context, filename, callback){
            cmd = cmd.replace("\n)","").replace("(","");
            console.log(cmd);
            file = fs.readFileSync('items', 'utf-8');
            items = JSON.parse(file);
            file = fs.readFileSync('areas', 'utf-8');
            areas = JSON.parse(file);
            file = fs.readFileSync('owners', 'utf-8');
            owners = JSON.parse(file);
            file = fs.readFileSync('users', 'utf-8');
            users = JSON.parse(file);
            if (cmd === "login") {
                console.log('login');
                if (waiting) {
                    callback(null, 'Please wait a moment and try again.');
                }
                if (!waiting) {
                    callback(null, 'Please enter PIN.');
                    waiting = true;
                    waitingFor = socket;
                    waitingType = 'login';
                    wait = 1;
                }
            }
            if (cmd === "register") {
                if (waiting) {
                    callback(null, 'Please wait a moment and try again.');
                }
                if (!waiting) {
                    callback(null, 'Please enter desired PIN.');
                    waiting = true;
                    waitingFor = socket;
                    waitingType = 'register';
                    wait = 1;
                }
            }
            if (cmd === "save") {
                fs.writeFileSync('items', JSON.stringify(items), 'utf-8');
                fs.writeFileSync('areas', JSON.stringify(areas), 'utf-8');
                fs.writeFileSync('owners', JSON.stringify(owners), 'utf-8');
                fs.writeFileSync('users', JSON.stringify(users), 'utf-8');
                callback(null, 'Save complete.');
            }
            // put new commands here...
            else { 
                if(wait === 0) {
                    if (cmd !== '') {
                        if (waiting) {
                            if (waitingFor === socket) {
                                if (waitingType === 'login') {
                                    players[sockets.indexOf(socket)] = users[cmd];
                                    waiting = false;
                                    waitingFor = -1;
                                    waitingType = 'none';
                                    callback(null, 'Done!');
                                    callback(null, 'Logged in as: '+ players[sockets.indexOf(socket)]);
                                }
                                if (waitingType === 'register') {
                                    if (users[cmd] !== undefined) {
                                        callback(null, 'This PIN is taken. Please try again.');
                                    }
                                    else {
                                        nnames[sockets.indexOf(socket)] = cmd;
                                        waitingType = 'username';
                                        wait = 0;
                                    }
                                }
                                if (waitingType === 'username') {
                                    if (wait === 0) {
                                        regs += 1;
                                        users[nnames[sockets.indexOf(socket)]] = regs;
                                        callback(null, 'Registered.');
                                        players[sockets.indexOf(socket)] = users[cmd];
                                        waiting = false;
                                        waitingFor = -1;
                                        waitingType = 'none';
                                        callback(null, 'Logged in as: '+ players[sockets.indexOf(socket)]);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            wait = 0;
    }}).on('exit', function() {
        socket.end();
        len = len - 1;
    });
}).listen(5001);

Just a reminder that in addition to .trim() on line 29, you need to remove the parentheses from the string first

Your string is '(login\n)' not 'login\n' so .trim() won't remove the \n if you don't, as it's not at the beginning or end of the string.

Note to self: this removes parentheses: cmd = cmd.replace(/^(|\n_)\n_$/g, '')