Dev Server

A simple, cross-platform development server script that watches for file changes and automatically re-runs commands.

Features

• Watches a specified directory for file changes
• Automatically re-runs your command when files change
• Cross-platform support (macOS and Linux)

Installation

Dependencies

• macOS: fswatch

brew install fswatch

• Linux: inotify-tools

apt-get install inotify-tools

Usage

./dev_server.sh <directory-to-watch> <command-to-run>

Examples

# Watch the current directory and run tests when files change
./dev_server.sh . "npm test"

# Watch the src directory and rebuild your project
./dev_server.sh ./src "make build"

# Watch multiple directories using bash expansion
./dev_server.sh "{src,tests}" "cargo test"

License

MIT