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Steven Ventimiglia
Steven Ventimiglia
27,371 Points
Posted by Steven Ventimiglia
Steven Ventimiglia
27,371 Points

How can you hook a script that will run after simply saving a file?

So, I wrote a fast script that you run with ". .script [name]". It's stupid simple, but I love it. Took me like an hour or so and a good dose of Stack Overflow. :P

I use Codekit on an iMac at work. I set it up as a hook, not understanding the coolness of those. So, I came home and tried it with Prepros. My conclusion: "Not sure. Don't think so."

How do I get Windows, OS X and Ubuntu/CentOS to watch a file in a specified project directory, and run the script I tell it to when I save it?

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Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

what you are looking for is a thing called shell scripting, I wish they had a course here. I'm still in the process of writing these, but I would suggest you youtube shell scripting automation, and take a look at this article, scroll to the automation:

shell script

I hope this helps.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

here is a tutorial on bash scripts:

bash