This article spotlights alternative tools to watch.
The software featured here is free and open source.
| watch alternatives | |
|---|---|
| viddy | Modern watch command. It features in our Top 100 TUI apps |
| hwatch | Results are scrollable and displayed. Also features in our Top 100 TUI apps |
| watchexec | Run a command when files in the current directory change |
| neowatch | Alternative to watch also written in Rust |
| ov | Feature rich terminal pager |
| chokidar | Watch file system changes |
| watcher | Watch files in a directory for changes |
| wfh | Rsync as you edit |
| reflex | Run a command when files change |
| rwatch | Rust implementation of watch |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to watch? Please let us know!
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // find // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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A couple more to add buddy. There’s reflex and rwatch
Both now added, cheers matey.