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REFLEX

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES

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NAME

Reflex - Run a command when files change

SYNOPSIS

reflex [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

Reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change. It’s great for automatically running compile/lint/test tasks and for reloading your application when the code changes.

OPTIONS

--all= True|False

Include normally ignored files (VCS and editor special files). Defaults to False.

-c , --config= FILE

A configuration file that describes how to run reflex (or ’-’ to read the configuration from stdin).

-d , --decoration= DECORATION

How to decorate command output. Choices: none, plain, fancy. Default is plain.

-g , --glob= GLOB_LIST

A shell glob expression to match filenames. (May be repeated.)

-G , --inverse-glob= GLOB_LIST

A shell glob expression to exclude matching filenames. (May be repeated.)

-R , --inverse-regex= REGEX

A regular expression to exclude matching filenames. (May be repeated.)

--only-dirs= True|False

Only match directories (not files). Defaults to false.

--only-files= True|False

Only match files (not directories). Defaults to false.

-r , --regex= REGEX

A regular expression to match filenames. (May be repeated.)

-e , --sequential= True|False

Don’t run multiple commands at the same time. Defaults to false.

-t , --shutdown-timeout= TIMEOUT

Allow services this long to shut down. Defaults to 500ms.

-s , --start-service= True|False

Indicates that the command is a long-running process to be restarted on matching changes. Defaults to false.

--substitute= STRING

The substitution symbol that is replaced with the filename in a command. Defaults to "{}"

-v , --verbose= True|False

Verbose mode: print out more information about what reflex is doing. Defaults to false.

EXAMPLES

Print each .txt file if it changes:

reflex -r ’\.txt$’ echo {}

Run make (1) if any of the .c files in this directory change:

reflex -g ’*.c’ make

Build and run a server; rebuild and restart when .java files change:

reflex -r ’\.java$’ -s -- sh -c ’make && java bin/Server’

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