visionmedia-watch ☆

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Description:
Periodically executes the given command

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: watch automation developer-tools file-monitoring cli

Install: brew install visionmedia-watch

About:
Watch is a utility that monitors files for changes and automatically re-executes a specified command. It provides a simple, efficient way to automate development workflows like restarting servers or running tests. This tool eliminates the need for manual intervention upon file modifications.

Key Features:

File system monitoring with recursive directory watching
Debouncing to prevent rapid, repeated executions
Clean process management, killing previous instances
Ignore patterns to exclude specific files or directories
Cross-platform file system event handling

Use Cases:

Automatically restarting a web server during development
Re-running unit tests on every file save
Compiling source code or assets when changes are detected
Triggering build scripts or linters

Alternatives:

fswatch – A cross-platform file change monitor; watch is often simpler for direct command execution.
nodemon – Specialized for Node.js applications, whereas watch is language-agnostic.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 10:12pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	148db642
Sep 11, 2024 10:42pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	c414da29