watchman
Execute a command when something changes (by crodjer)
entr
A utility for running arbitrary commands when files change. Uses kqueue(2) or inotify(7) to avoid polling. entr responds to file system events by executing command line arguments or by writing to a FIFO. entr was written to provide to make rapid feedback and automated testing natural and completely ordinary. (by clibs)
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3.6 | 5.6 | |
6 months ago | 7 months ago | |
Shell | C | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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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