Watch file

while inotifywait -e close_write $file; do

  # Run your command here!

done

Here is a helper function watch-file which takes the arguments:

• file name

• command to run

# Usage: watch-file run.sh ./run.sh

function watch-file () {
    local file=$1
    shift
    local command=$@
    while inotifywait -e close_write $file; do
        echo $command
        eval $command
    done
}

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• Tags: shell linux