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| watcher | watchexec | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 19 | |
| 1,441 | 4,825 | |
| - | 3.6% | |
| 0.0 | 8.6 | |
| 6 months ago | 9 days ago | |
| Go | Rust | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | Apache License 2.0 |
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watcher
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How to detect new files or moved files
https://github.com/radovskyb/watcher (library or a binary)
- fsnotify has been archived
- Sync files all ways across several specific folders
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
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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.
https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
What are some alternatives?
switchboard - Auto-magic file organisation and routing for all your machines. :open_file_folder:
entr - Run arbitrary commands when files change
bugsnag - Well-documented, maintainable, idiomatic, opinionated, and *unofficial* rewrite of the Bugsnag Go notifier
watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
yubikey-touch-detector - A tool to detect when your YubiKey is waiting for a touch (to send notification or display a visual indicator on the screen)
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.
systemd-manager
hotbuild - a cross platform hot compilation tool for golang
fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
fsnotify - Cross-platform file system notifications for Go.
coreutils - Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils