How to import es6 modules from inside a commn js executable node application

node-app.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
 * babel-register is all that is needed to require es6 module transparently
 */
require("babel-register")({
	presets: ["env"]
});

const { someNamedExport } = require("./es6-module");
const someDefaultExport = require("./es6-module.js").default; // Notice how we must access the `default` property to access the default export