Noprob
Simple file change monitoring for any kind of development.
Note: Noprob has just been released and I haven't had the chance to test it on Windows yet. I'll get to it soon.
Why?
Having a utility that can restart or recompile or reconfigure or rewhatever whenever you change a file can be incredibly convenient. Many programs of this sort are geared to work with a specific toolchain or tend to be overly complicated for what should be a simple task.
No worries. Noprob's got your back, no problem.
Installation
Install npm. (it comes with Node.js).
Run: $ npm -g install noprob
Options
- -h, --help
- Output usage information.
- -x, --exec [command]
- String to execute globally on any file change.
- You can wrap command strings in single
'or double"quotes.
- -l, --local [command]
- String to execute locally on any file that's changed.
- Use
<file>to mark where to insert the change file's name in the command string.
- -w, --watch [directory]
- Directory to watch.
- -e, --extension [extensions]
- List of file extensions to watch.
- Wrap in single or double quotes and seperate extensions with a
|.
- -d, --dot
- Watch hidden dot files.
- Files that begin with a '.' or that are in a folder that begins with a '.' are ignored by default. Use this option to watch them.
Usage and Examples
There are two ways to execute commands in Noprob: globally and locally.
Global commands run once on noprob startup and then on every file change without worrying about specific files. They are defined with -x or --exec.
Run and restart a node server on javascript source changes:
$ noprob -x 'node server.js' -e 'js'
Local commands accept the <file> tag which will insert the changed file's name into the command. They are defined with -l or --local.
Compile individual coffescript files in the "src" folder into javascript on demand (closely mimics coffescript's internal -w option):
$ noprob -l 'coffee -c <file>' -e 'coffee' -w src
Copy changed files into a 'copies' folder one directory above the current one (we don't put it in a nested directory since noprob would try to copy new files it copies into there)
$ noprob -l 'cp <file> ../copies/'