https://github.com/jfromaniello/pswatch

Powershell cmdlet to monitor file changes in a directory tree.
https://github.com/jfromaniello/pswatch

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Powershell cmdlet to monitor file changes in a directory tree.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jfromaniello/pswatch
• Owner: jfromaniello
• Created: 2011-11-11T12:55:19.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-03T17:45:33.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-17T14:55:04.473Z (about 2 months ago)
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• Size: 94.7 KB
• Stars: 82
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 13
• Open Issues: 5
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  • Readme: readme.md

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README

        
This powershell cmdlet continuously monitors a directory tree and write to the output the path of the file that has changed.

This allows you to create an script that for instance, run a suite of unit tests when an specific file has changed using powershell pipelining.

Installation

============

Download the psm1 file in My documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules\pswatch or simply run this one line installation script:

	iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("http://bit.ly/Install-PsWatch"))

Usage

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A simple example will be:

	Import-Module pswatch

	watch "Myfolder\Other" | %{

		Write-Host "$_.Path has changed!"

		RunUnitTests.exe $_.Path

	}

You can filter by using powershell pipelining as follows:

	watch | Get-Item | Where-Object { $_.Extension -eq ".js" } | %{

		do the magic...

	}

Options

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The wacth cmdlet has the following parameters:

  * location: the directory to watch. Optional, default to current directory.

  * includeSubdirectories: default to true.

  * includeChanged: default to true.

  * includeRenamed: default to true.

  * includeCreated: default to true.

  * includeDeleted: default to false.