eradman/entr

no stdin should watch current directory recursively

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verhovsky commented 
$ entr ./run_tests.sh
release: 5.6
usage: entr [-acdnprsxz] utility [argument [/_] ...] < filenames

Instead of a usage message it should watch all files and directories in the current directory. That way I have to type less to use entr for the simple case.

eradman commented

I have considered adding this capability, but inevitable my conclusion is that an external utility is best suited for a vast range of use cases.

Listing "all files and directories" in the current working directory is simple enough, but what should be excluded?

  • .git/
  • files listed in .gitignore
  • temporary files
  • binary files

These are all considerations taken into account by ag -l.

As for default functionality, this can often be solved using shell aliases, such as

alias _entr='ls -d * | entr'
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