Noprob

Simple file change monitoring for any kind of development.

Note: Noprob has just been released and I haven't had the chance to test it on Windows yet. I'll get to it soon.

• Why?
• Installation
• Options
• Usage and Examples

Why? ---- Having a utility that can restart or recompile or reconfigure or re*whatever* whenever you change a file can be incredibly convenient. Many programs of this sort are geared to work with a specific toolchain or tend to be overly complicated for what should be a simple task.

No worries. Noprob's got your back, no problem.

Installation ---- [Install npm.](http://nodejs.org/#download) (it comes with Node.js).

Run: $ npm -g install noprob

Options ---- * -h, --help * Output usage information. * -x, --exec [command] * String to execute globally on any file change. * You can wrap command strings in single `'` or double `"` quotes. * -l, --local [command] * String to execute locally on any file that's changed. * Use `` to mark where to insert the change file's name in the command string. * -w, --watch [directory] * Directory to watch. * -e, --extension [extensions] * List of file extensions to watch. * Wrap in single or double quotes and seperate extensions with a `|`. * -d, --dot * Watch hidden dot files. * Files that begin with a '.' or that are in a folder that begins with a '.' are ignored by default. Use this option to watch them. Usage and Examples ---- There are two ways to execute commands in Noprob: globally and locally.

Global commands run once on noprob startup and then on every file change without worrying about specific files. They are defined with -x or --exec.

Run and restart a node server on javascript source changes:

• $ noprob -x 'node server.js' -e 'js'

Local commands accept the <file> tag which will insert the changed file's name into the command. They are defined with -l or --local.

Compile individual coffescript files in the "src" folder into javascript on demand (closely mimics coffescript's internal -w option):

• $ noprob -l 'coffee -c <file>' -e 'coffee' -w src

Copy changed files into a 'copies' folder one directory above the current one (we don't put it in a nested directory since noprob would try to copy new files it copies into there)

• $ noprob -l 'cp <file> ../copies/'