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CLI is not taking default env like node latest versions have (20.8.0)

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cli

Research direction

Reproduce the issue by running sequelize-cli with Node 20.8.0 and a .env file, then compare it with node --envfile=.env index.js. Trace how the CLI starts and loads environment variables; done means the CLI handles the .env file consistently with the reported Node behavior.

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Description

Trying to use node 20.8.0 with sequelize-cli

I am using node latest version 20.8.0
This version have default autoloading of env file without any package.
but while using sequelize-cli it is not loading .env file but
with node --envfile=.env index.js it loads .env without any package like (dotenv)

Sequelize CLI version: latest
Sequelize version: latest

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