entr
WatchMod
entr | WatchMod | |
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5 | 1 | |
593 | 2 | |
0.8% | - | |
5.6 | 4.2 | |
7 months ago | 12 months ago | |
C | Go | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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entr
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how to run command in vim terminal automatically?
You could look into entr.
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Watchman: Execute a command when something changes
Not sure what generated interest in this.
This was a project I did for my personal use case. But I haven't been using it since years. I'd recommend [entr](https://github.com/clibs/entr) for the use case watchman was to serve.
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How to automatically run a command when directory updates?
entr is what I usually reach for when I want to monitor a directory or a list of files and then perform some action on them when changes occur
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Show HN: Pystitcher – A Declarative Alternative to Pdftk
I've tested it against a 800 page compilation and didn't face any issues : https://github.com/captn3m0/pdp-book
It's obviously not fast enough for live-recompilations with very large projects, but for smaller projects I've run it against entr[0], and it was pretty good.
[0]: https://github.com/clibs/entr
WatchMod
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Watchman: Execute a command when something changes
Here was our take on the problem written in Go.
https://github.com/Cyphrme/watch
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What are some alternatives?
watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
dotfiles - :octocat: Tim does dotfiles
watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications
watchman - Execute a command when something changes
fswatch - A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.
watchdog - Python library and shell utilities to monitor filesystem events.
fwe - File Watch Execute
reflex - Run a command when files change
pikepdf - A Python library for reading and writing PDF, powered by QPDF
entr - Run arbitrary commands when files change