postcss:tldr:9835c
postcss: Watch for changes to a CSS file.
$ postcss ${filename} --watch
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The command you provided is postcss ${filename} --watch.
This command is used to invoke the PostCSS tool with the filename as the input and enable the watch mode.
- postcss: This is the command to run the PostCSS tool, which is a tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript plugins. It takes a CSS file as input and applies various transformations or plugins to it.
- ${filename}: This is a placeholder for the actual filename of the CSS file you want to process. You need to replace ${filename} with the actual name or path of the CSS file.
- --watch: This flag enables the watch mode in PostCSS. When the watch mode is enabled, PostCSS will continuously monitor the specified CSS file for any changes. If any changes occur, it will automatically reprocess the CSS file using the configured plugins.
In summary, this command is used to apply PostCSS transformations to a CSS file specified by the filename and keep watching for any changes made to the file to reapply the transformations automatically.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.