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fswatch

List of commands for fswatch:

  • fswatch:tldr:6dca5 fswatch: Watch one or more files and/or directories.
    $ fswatch ${filename} ${path-to-directory} ${path-to-another_directory-**-*-js} | xargs -n 1 ${bash_command}
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  • fswatch:tldr:d1ad2 fswatch: Filter by event type.
    $ fswatch --event ${select} ${path-to-directory} | xargs -n 1 ${bash_command}
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  • fswatch:tldr:d75fd fswatch: Print the absolute paths of the changed files.
    $ fswatch ${path-to-directory} | xargs -n 1 -I {} echo {}
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  • fswatch:tldr:f52ce fswatch: Run a Bash command on file creation, update or deletion.
    $ fswatch ${filename} | xargs -n 1 ${bash_command}
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