WARNING: This is a (possibly outdated and/or unmaintained) fork of https://bitbucket.org/eradman/entr. If you want to install entr, go to the the original repository to get the latest release. Likewise, to file an issue or a pull request, head over to the the original repository.
Event Notify Test Runner
A utility for running arbitrary commands when files change. Uses
kqueue(2) or inotify(7) to avoid polling. entr was
written to make rapid feedback and automated testing natural and completely
ordinary.
Installation - BSD, Mac OS, and Linux
./configure
make test
make install
To see available build options run ./configure -h
Installation - Mac OS/Homebrew
brew install entr
Installation - Ports
Available in OpenBSD ports, FreeBSD ports, and pkgsrc under sysutils/entr.
Installation - Debian
apt-get install entr
Examples from man entr
Rebuild a project if source files change, limiting output to the first 20 lines:
$ find src/, entr sh -c 'make, head -n 20'
Launch and auto-reload a node.js server:
$ ls *.js, entr -r node app.js
Clear the screen and run a query after the SQL script is updated:
$ echo my.sql, entr -p psql -f /_
Rebuild project if a source file is modified or added to the src/ directory:
$ while sleep 1; do ls src/*.rb, entr -d rake; done
News
A release history as well as features in the upcoming release are covered in the
NEWS file.
License
Source is under and ISC-style license. See the LICENSE file for more
detailed information on the license used for compatibility libraries.