watch-cli-only

Command line wrapper for gaze to use in package.json scripts object.

chokidar-cli do the same and is widely used.

Install globally

Install globally with npm

npm i -g watch-cli-only

Usage

watch -p "**/*.js" -c "npm test"

Options

Short	Long	Type	Description
-p	--pattern	string	glob pattern you are want to watch.
-c	--command	string	Command to execute on watched files change.

Multi Patterns

It is possible to provide multi paterns, so if one of the files changed, the command will execute.

watch -p file1.js -p file2.fs -c command

Exported environment variables

Environment variables available from the command string:

FILENAME           Relative filename.
ABSOLUTE_FILENAME  Asolute filename.
EVENT              Event type. Is either 'changed', 'deleted' or 'added'.

Use it like this in Linux/macOS:

$ watch -p '**/*.js' -c 'jshint $FILENAME'

In Windows:

> watch -p "**/*.js" -c "jshint %FILENAME%"

Original Author

Brian Woodward

• github/doowb
• twitter/doowb

New Maintainer

From the old watch-cli version to the new watch-cli-only

Millicent Billette

1forma-tic.fr

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Brian Woodward
Released under the MIT license