Bash script i use to update assets static files when developing custom theming open edx using stanford theming method.

update-assets-open-edx.sh

#!/bin/bash

#move to folder themes
cd /edx/app/edxapp/themes/<change-to-your-theme>/
echo "inside /edx/app/edxapp/themes/<change-to-your-theme>/"

#switch to user edxapp
sudo -H -u edxapp bash << EOF
echo "Now as: "
whoami
source /edx/app/edxapp/edxapp_env
cd /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform
paver update_assets lms --settings=aws --debug
EOF

echo "Back to user: "
whoami

#restart lms instance
sudo /edx/bin/supervisorctl restart edxapp:lms 

echo "DONE"