bash - Run multiple commands with entr - Stack Overflow I am attempting to use the 'entr' command to automatically compile Groff documents I wish to run the following line: refer references bib $1 | groff -ms $1 -T pdf gt; $2 Sadly it will only compile
linux - detecting directory changes with entr - Stack Overflow I want to run a command each time a directory is updated (new changed file within) I found this thread suggesting entr I've made a script applying entr but it doesn't seem to work as intended #!
How to monitor a file if it changes or created with entr? I use entr to monitor building a binary and then move it over ssh to another server However, sometimes I build clean and the file doesn't exist yet, but entr exits if I do something like this (exa
How to pass a Bash command to `entr`, quoting to guard against . . . I'm writing a small Bash script, which uses entr, which is a utility to re-run arbitrary commands when it detects file-system events My immediate goal is to pass entr a command which converts a given markdown file to HTML entr will run this command every time the markdown file changes A simplified but working script looks like: # script 1 in
using entr to watch a directory without any matching files The alternative I can think of is to use entr to watch the whole directory for any changes, and if so, run ls -l * ica and if the change resulted in a new ica file, and then in turn, run the above script It seems inelegant and complicated to nest entr that way, so wanted to know if there is some simple option I am missing
How to execute a shell script when a file changes? brew install entr If you are using Linux, you can install it by apt-get sudo apt-get install entr How to use entr? You first list out the files that you are watching, then pipe the list into the entr command Basically, if you have a example txt file and you want to monitor it and execute a command whenever it is changed, use this command