entr
watchexec
entr | watchexec | |
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5 | 20 | |
593 | 4,893 | |
0.5% | 3.3% | |
5.6 | 9.1 | |
7 months ago | 5 days ago | |
C | Rust | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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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
watchexec
- Watchexec
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Watchexec ignore directory?
Hi, I am using Watchexec (https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec/releases) to monitor folder changes, but I want to exclude some folders. What parameter should I use to perform the route exclusions?
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How to automatically extract all zip files downloaded to certain directory?
Use https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
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My first actual Rust program: Cloak, a simple app to search and watch directories to automatically hide files and directories
There's something similar to this called watchexec, which you can have a look at https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
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Turbowatch – Extremely fast alternative to Nodemon
Or use watchexec which will do 95% of what you need and you're not tied to nodejs.
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What "nice-to-have" CLI tools do you know?
watchexec
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is there a plugin to run any file (.py .js .java etc.) and display the output?
I use watchexec to automatically run the code when saved, you should customise this to your liking.
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[Paid Bounty-$20 in Bitcoin!] Persistent - Watchfolder() dir, if files contains word "apple" in name, make file Read only.
OTOH PowerShell will not keep watching and is one of the requirements. In the past I've successfully used watchexecrepo and inotifywaitrepo.
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How to automatically run a command when directory updates?
I prefer watchexec as it's cross-platform.
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What is the most underrated tool you encountered ?
Not specifically for frontend but a handy tool for quickly setting up auto-runners, auto-testers, auto-linters, auto-formattere etc etc. watchexec
What are some alternatives?
watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
entr - Run arbitrary commands when files change
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.
reflex - Run a command when files change
systemd-manager
pikepdf - A Python library for reading and writing PDF, powered by QPDF
fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
WatchMod - Watch for modifications to trigger actions. Useful for compiling Go templates, Sass, Typescript, and more.
coreutils - Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils