watchexec

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Run arbitrary commands when files change. See also: `entr`.

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Options (3)

-e, --extsboolean

Run `make` when any JavaScript, CSS, and HTML file in the current directory changes

Example: watchexec {{[-e|--exts]}} {{js,css,html}} make

-w, --watchboolean

Run `make` when any file in the `lib` or `src` directory changes

Example: watchexec {{[-w|--watch]}} {{lib}} {{[-w|--watch]}} {{src}} {{make}}

-r, --restartboolean

Call/restart `my_server` when any file in the current directory changes, sending `SIGKILL` to stop the child process

Example: watchexec {{[-r|--restart]}} --stop-signal {{SIGKILL}} {{my_server}}

Examples (5)

Call `ls -la` when any file in the current directory changes

watchexec ls -la

Run `make` when any JavaScript, CSS, and HTML file in the current directory changes

watchexec [-e|--exts] js,css,html make

Run `make` when any file in the `lib` or `src` directory changes

watchexec [-w|--watch] lib [-w|--watch] src make

Call/restart `my_server` when any file in the current directory changes, sending `SIGKILL` to stop the child process

watchexec [-r|--restart] --stop-signal SIGKILL my_server

Restart the execution of a command when any Java source file in the current directory changes, sending `SIGKILL` and only checking for updates every `10000` ms

watchexec [-r|--restart] --stop-signal SIGKILL --poll 10000 [-e|--exts] java command

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