How to execute a command whenever a file changes?

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01:18 Accepted answer (Score 555)
02:51 Answer 2 (Score 256)
04:05 Answer 3 (Score 146)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/181517/h...

Accepted answer links:
[inotifywait]: https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-too...
[incron]: http://inotify.aiken.cz/?sectio
[fswatch]: https://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch/

Answer 2 links:
https://github.com/eradman/entr

Answer 3 links:
[when-changed]: https://github.com/joh/when-changed

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#linux #unix #shell #script

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