How to make a bash script execute on file saves?

Asked Dec 02 '15 at 02:25

Active Dec 02 '15 at 02:27

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If its possible I was hoping someone could tell me how to make a bash script execute on once for every file save in a directory (preferably in any subsequent directories as well, but I'll take what I can get). I did some googling, didn't find anything, and and am pretty new to bash scripting so I turned to SO.

I would also take a polling system that checks if files have changed every so often but I'm not sure how that would work either.

Oh also I'm on a Mac if that matters.

Thanks!

edited Dec 02 '15 at 02:27

Christian Fritz

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asked Dec 02 '15 at 02:25

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Definitely does matter, btw. If the target were Linux, I'd be suggesting incron instead. – Charles Duffy Dec 02 '15 at 02:31
@ChristianFritz thx for linking the other question! I'm going to leave this up so that people can find an answer better with out knowing to search for watch or inotifywait. – Bren Dec 02 '15 at 03:17
sounds good. I agree that under the original title it's hard to find. – Christian Fritz Dec 02 '15 at 03:28

How to make a bash script execute on file saves?

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