Watch and act! - observar is a simple file watcher and command executor that helps you during development.

Install

Install observar globally using npm:

npm install observar -g

Usage

Once the installation is done, you can run the command inside your project's directory and set the npm command you want to execute on file changes.

observar -s my_command

By default observar will watch your current directory but you can also change this setting:

Single folder

observar folder_name -s my_command

Multiple folders

observar folder_name folder2_name -s my_command

Glob Pattern e.g. src/**.js

observar glob_pattern -s my_command

If you want to ignore specific files, directories, etc. add the --ignore or -i argument.

observar folder_name -s my_command -i folder_name

Finally, run this command to see a list of all available options:

observar --help

Example Usage

$ observar src/**.js -s format-lint -i dist/