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'