tend

Quick and easy cli command to watch a directory for file changes and run a provided command when any files have been changed, removed or added.

Installation

npm install -g tend

Usage

Usage:
  tend (--help | --version)
  tend [--restart] [--ignoreHidden] <dir> <command> [<filter>]

Options:
  -h --help          Show this help text
  -v --version       Show tend version information
  -r --restart       If <command> is still running when there is a change, stop and re-run it
  -i --ignoreHidden  Ignore changes to files which start with "."

tend --restart --ignoreHidden ./ "node server.js"

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Brett Langdon <brett@blangdon.com> (http://brett.is)

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