fswatch
A cross-platform file change monitor. More information: https://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch.
- Run a Bash command on file creation, update or deletion:
fswatch {{path/to/file}} | xargs -n 1 {{bash_command}}
- Watch one or more files and/or directories:
fswatch {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/another_directory/**/*.js}} | xargs -n 1 {{bash_command}}
- Print the absolute paths of the changed files:
fswatch {{path/to/directory}} | xargs -n 1 -I {} echo {}
- Filter by event type:
fswatch --event {{Updated|Deleted|Created}} {{path/to/directory}} | xargs -n 1 {{bash_command}}
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