Do stuff based on changes in your local file system. I.e. sync some files to a server as soon as something changes locally, or repeatedly restart a process while you're writing code.
Features:
- Easy to integrate in shell scripts, zatch simply echoes the name of a dir with changes to stdout
- Fast and lightweight (uses the native FSEvents API of macOS)
- Small and no third-party dependencies
Status: stable
Run rsync anytime a file in foo or bar or any of it's subdirectories changes:
zatch foo bar | while read _path; do rsync -az "$_path" example.com: ; doneShow a macOS notification with the name of the subdirectory that contains changes, but filter out any component named xar:
zatch -s foo bar | fgrep --line-buffered -v '/xar/' | while read _path
do osascript -e "display notification \"$_path\""
doneInitially start Node.js, and restart whenever a file changes in the current working dir or any of it's subdirectories:
node server.js & zatch . | while read -r p; do echo "$p" && kill $! ; node server.js & done- macOS
Compile and install zatch:
$ git clone https://github.com/timkuijsten/zatch.git
$ cd zatch
$ make
$ sudo make installFor documentation please refer to the manpage zatch(1).
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Copyright (c) 2017, 2018, 2019 Tim Kuijsten
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