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rwatch is a command-line utility written in Rust that allows you to run a command repeatedly and watch its output. It's a Rust re-implementation of the classic Unix watch command.

Features

Installation

Building from source

  1. Make sure you have Rust installed. If not, install Rust using rustup:

    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
    
  2. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/davidhfrankelcodes/rwatch.git
    cd rwatch
    
  3. Build and install rwatch:

    cargo build --release
    cargo install --path .
    
  4. The rwatch command should now be available. Try running rwatch --help for usage information.

Usage

rwatch <command> [interval]

Example

To watch the contents of a directory change, you might use:

rwatch "ls -l" 1

Contributing

Contributions to rwatch are welcome! Please read the contributing guidelines before submitting a pull request.

License

rwatch is licensed under the MIT License.