Entrs

Entrs is a port of the classic entr utility

Entr is a file watch utilty that executes provided comments on file changes

Installation

Manual

git clone https://github.com/HallerPatrick/entrs.git && cd entrs

# Run directly or
cargo run

# Build binary (in ./target/release/entr )
cargo build --release

Usage

USAGE:
    entrs [FLAGS] [utility]...

ARGS:
    <utility>...

FLAGS:
    -c               Clear screen before executing utility
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -p               Execute utility first after files have changed
    -r               Watch for file changes recursively
    -u               Evaluate the first argument using the interpreter specified by the SHELL environment variable
    -V, --version    Prints version information

Example

Rebuild the cargo project after file saving and clear the screen before executing cargo build

$ ls | entr -c cargo build