Gulp not copying files with simple task

I am trying to copy an HTML page from my ‘src’ folder to my ‘dist’ folder but it’s not working and I can figure out why. I’ve tried looking online and all the snippets of code I found are doing exactly the same, except it’s not copying anything in my case.

my project’s folder structure:

  Test
   |
   |-- dist
   |-- node_modules
   |-- src
       |-- index.html

My Gulpfile

'use strict'

var gulp = require('gulp');

gulp.task('copy', function () {
    return gulp.src('./src/index.html')
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/'));
});

I’ve tried removing the “return” , trying using glob (./src/**/.html, src/.html), I’ve tried using base: ‘src’ and ‘test’… Nothing works and it’s driving me nuts. Any ideas?

Npm and Gulp versions

npm: 5.6.0
gulp: 3.9.1

[ashishpatel1992]

I was running node gulpfile.js instead of gulp Newbie to gulp 😄

[phated]

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