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| dirs | watchexec | |
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| 1 | 14 | |
| 167 | 3,677 | |
| 0.6% | 3.0% | |
| 0.0 | 8.8 | |
| about 2 months ago | 9 days ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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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
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Entr: Rerun your build when files change
I’ve been a happy user of watchexec[0] for the past few months but Entr seems cool.
- Sync files all ways across several specific folders
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checkexec: a CLI tool to conditionally execute commands only when files in a dependency list have changed
Thanks for your work ! How would you compare it to Watchexec ?
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Rapid development helper: run program when anything changes
Another neat little tool I like to use for this is watchexec
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Command Line Tools for Productive Programmers
There is also `watchexec` [1]. However I don't know how it compares to `entr` or other inotify clients.
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Opam, PNPM, Node, Esy, Docker, ReactNative on 128GB Mac
The project requires watchexec and direnv so make sure you have those installed.
What are some alternatives?
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.
coreutils - Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
systemd-manager
concurr - Performs distributed command execution, written in Rust w/ Tokio
watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
snatch - A simple, fast and interruptable download accelerator, written in Rust
fontfinder - GTK application for browsing and installing fonts from Google's font archive
alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
rrun - minimalistic command launcher in rust
starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!