Files
cheatsheet-tldr/tldr/fswatch

26 lines
723 B
Plaintext

---
syntax: markdown
tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
---
# fswatch
> A cross-platform file change monitor.
> More information: <https://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch>.
- Run a Bash command on file creation, update or deletion:
`fswatch {{path/to/file}} | xargs -n 1 {{bash_command}}`
- Watch one or more files and/or directories:
`fswatch {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/another_directory/**/*.js}} | xargs -n 1 {{bash_command}}`
- Print the absolute paths of the changed files:
`fswatch {{path/to/directory}} | xargs -n 1 -I {} echo {}`
- Filter by event type:
`fswatch --event {{Updated|Deleted|Created}} {{path/to/directory}} | xargs -n 1 {{bash_command}}`