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A cross-platform file activity monitor

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Hobbes
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Hobbes is a small UNIX-style file watcher for ~~OSX~~ windows, linux and OSX (thanks @cgag), written after experiencing some OSX bugs with my usual standby [guard](https://github.com/guard/guard). The filenames of modified files are simply echoed to stdout, one file per line. You take it from there.

Complex tasks can be accomplished by combining ```hobbes``` with other commands such as ```xargs```, for example:

```bash
# automatic GHC recompile when your source files change
hobbes "*.hs" | xargs -n1 ghc --make
```

```xargs -n1 <command>``` means essentially "run the command on each word of input". So ```ghc --make``` is run on each modified file.

Another example: I have a script called ```kick``` that reloads the current tab in Chrome and then refocuses iTerm. With this command to ```hobbes``` I get automatic browser reloading on every save. Script [here](https://gist.github.com/4081943) if you're interested.

```bash
hobbes "*.html" | xargs -n1 kick
```

```bash
# running multiple commands when files change
hobbes "*.elm" | xargs -n1 sh -c 'cmd1; cmd2; ...'
```

### Installation with Stack

Hobbes can be installed from sources with [stack](https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack):

```shell
$ git clone https://github.com/jhickner/hobbes.git
$ cd hobbes
$ stack install
```

### Thanks

Hobbes is a very small wrapper around fsnotify.

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