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wait file change and execute
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inotifywait.bash
#!/bin/bash
file=$1
shift
let changed=0
while [[ $changed -eq 0 ]]; do
inotifywait -e CLOSE_WRITE $file -qo /dev/null && changed=$?
echo "update with: $@"
$@
done
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