watchexec
coreutils
| watchexec | coreutils | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 129 | |
| 6,148 | 20,854 | |
| 2.2% | 1.2% | |
| 9.0 | 10.0 | |
| 21 days ago | 5 days ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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watchexec
- Watchfiles: Simple, modern and fast file watching for Python, written in Rust
- Watchexec: Execute commands in response to file modifications
- 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.
coreutils
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Bzip2 crate switches from C to 100% rust
I think that is the goal of uutils.
https://uutils.github.io/
- Yes-rs: A fast, memory-safe rewrite of the classic Unix yes command
- Rust Coreutils 0.1.0 Release
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Ubuntu 25.10 Replaces GNU Coreutils with Rust Uutils
If this rewrite is indicative of other rewrites, we'll see a license change from GPL [1] to MIT.
"Differences with GNU are treated as bugs." - https://github.com/uutils/coreutils#goals
Wouldn't it be annoying though, to have to keep things bug-for-bug compatible on a green-field project? That priority may be the first compromise, and divergence is inevitable.
Thinking of what if coreutils were ported to C#; what would folks think then? If the reaction would be the same, different, or ambivalent.
[1] https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils?tab=GPL-3.0-1-ov-file
- Oxidizing Ubuntu: adopting Rust utilities by default
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fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
>> For me, anything that isn’t a drop-in replacement for the OG tools isn’t worth the friction.
"The uutils project reimplements ubiquitous command line utilities in Rust. Our goal is to modernize the utils, while retaining full compatibility with the existing utilities. We are planning to replace all essential Linux tools."
https://uutils.github.io/
uutils is being adopted in Ubuntu 25.10:
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ubuntu_2510_rust/
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Carefully but Purposefully Oxidising Ubuntu
I mentioned this on reddit, but AFAIK, the uutils project doesn't yet support locales: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/3997
I'm not any more a fan of POSIX locales than the next person[1], but AIUI, that seems a likely requirement for uutils to be used in a distro like Ubuntu.
I'd be curious how they plan to address this. At least from my perspective, unless uutils has already been designed to account for locales from the start (I don't know if it has), it seems likely that a significant investment of time will be required to add support for it.
[1]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/1e70e82baa9193f6f02...
- Rust Coreutils 0.0.29 Release
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Eza: A modern, maintained replacement for ls
Related: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils "Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils"
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Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
Not that it should represent the rubicon of when to/not to rewrite code, but when you do, you do trade one set of bugs for a new set of bugs: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues
What are some alternatives?
systemd-manager
woodpecker - Drill is an HTTP load testing application written in Rust
fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
exa - A modern replacement for ‘ls’.
fswatch - A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple macOS File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.
tokei - Count your code, quickly.