#!/usr/bin/env bash _VERSION="0.2.0" function help() { I=" " cat < [filter] [dirs...] ${I}command - the specified bash command to eval ${I}filter - an optional filename filter ${I}dirs - the directories to watch (defaults to current directory) Advanced: ${I}Command Variables: ${I}${I}Your commands have runtime access to some variables associated with the ${I}${I}${I}inotifywait event enabling further extensibility: ${I}${I}+ FSW_FILENAME - the name of the file ${I}${I}+ FSW_DIR - the directory containing the file ${I}${I}+ FSW_PATH - the full relative path of the file ${I}${I}+ FSW_FILE_EVENTS - a comma-separated list of the inotify events ${I}Environment: ${I}${I}Some customization options exist using environment variables ${I}${I}${I}due to their uncommon usage. ${I}${I}+ FSW_EVENTS - the list of events to have inotifywait observe References: ${I}+ Filter works with grep -P ${I}+ See inotifywait(1) for FSW_EVENTS options. Examples: ${I}fsw 'make' '\.c$' ${I}fsw 'bash \$filename' '\.bash$' ${I}fsw 'mix test --failed' '.exs?$' lib test ${I}FSW_EVENTS=open,access fsw 'espeak "Intruder Alert!"' \\ ${I}${I}${I}'.*' /etc/secrets \$HOME/.secrets USAGE } if [[ $1 = '-h' ]] || [[ $1 = '--help' ]] || [[ -z $1 ]]; then help exit 0 fi FSW_EVENTS="${FSW_EVENTS:-close_write}" SHELL_COMMAND="${1}"; shift FILTER="${1}"; shift DIRS=("${1:-.}"); shift if [[ -e $FILTER ]]; then # TODO: this is a sad hack/workaround echo "It looks like your filter is an actual file. I'll just watch that for you." DIRS=("${FILTER}") fi while [[ ! -z $1 ]]; do DIRS+=("$1"); shift done inotifywait -m -e "${FSW_EVENTS}" -r "${DIRS[@]}" 2>&1 \ | grep --line-buffered -v ' Beware: since -r was given, this may take a while!' \ | while read -r dir events filename; do if [[ "$dir $events" = "Watches established." ]]; then echo "Ready." else export FSW_FILENAME="$filename" export FSW_DIR="$dir" export FSW_PATH="$dir$filename" export FSW_FILE_EVENTS="$events" <<< "$FSW_PATH" grep -P "$FILTER" > /dev/null 2>&1 && eval "${SHELL_COMMAND}" fi done