Run saved file in Terminal or a VS Code Extension command

Fork from vscode-save-and-run

Extends the original extension to execute VS Code extension commands or terminal-commands

Features

• Configure multiple commands (terminal or command from VS Code extension) that run when a file is saved
• Regex pattern matching for files that trigger commands running

Note

• Commands only get run when saving an existing file. Creating new files, and Save as... don't trigger the commands.

• For Ubuntu user, you have to install xclip

  sudo apt-get install xclip
  

Configuration

Add "saveAndRunExt" configuration to user or workspace settings.

• "commands" - array of commands that will be run whenever a file is saved.
  • "match" - a regex for matching which files to run commands on
  • "cmd" - command to run. Can include parameters that will be replaced at runtime (see Placeholder Tokens section below).

Sample Config

"saveAndRunExt": {
	"commands": [
		{
			"match": ".*",
			"isShellCommand" : false,
			"cmd": "myExtension.amazingCommand"
		},
		{
			"match": "\\.txt$",
			"cmd": "echo 'Executed in the terminal: I am a .txt file ${file}.'"
		}
	]
}

Commands

The following commands are exposed in the command palette

• Save and Run Ext : Enable
• Save and Run Ext : Disable

Placeholder Tokens

Commands support placeholders similar to tasks.json.

• ${workspaceRoot}: workspace root folder
• ${file}: path of saved file
• ${relativeFile}: relative path of saved file
• ${fileBasename}: saved file's basename
• ${fileDirname}: directory name of saved file
• ${fileExtname}: extension (including .) of saved file
• ${fileBasenameNoExt}: saved file's basename without extension
• ${cwd}: current working directory

Environment Variable Tokens

• ${env.Name}

License

Apache