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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: watch

August 20, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This article spotlights alternatives tools to watch. The software featured here is free and open source goodness.

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rwatch – Rust implementation of watch

July 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rwatch is a command-line utility written in Rust that allows you to run a command repeatedly and watch its output.

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reflex – run a command when files change

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change.

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wfh – rsync as you edit

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wfh continuously watches your local directories and rsync them against a remote host.

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watchexec – run a command when files in the current directory change

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watchexec is a simple, standalone tool that watches a path and runs a command whenever it detects modifications.

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watcher – watch files in a directory for changes

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watcher is a simple command line app to watch files in a directory for changes.

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chokidar – watch file system changes

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

chokidar is a cross-platform command line utility to watch file system changes.

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viddy – modern watch command

April 22, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

viddy is a modern watch command. It features in our Top 100 CLI apps. viddy is written in the Go programming language.

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neowatch – modern alternative to watch command

April 21, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

neowatch is a modern alternative to the watch command. It’s free and open source software written in the Rust language.

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hwatch – modern alternative to watch

April 21, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hwatch is a modern alternative to watch. It records the differences in execution results and can check the differences afterwards.

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