gulptask-nodemon-newlinereplace.js

/*
  server-start starts up nodemon 
  the output is corrected to show new lines correctly.
*/

var nodemon = require('gulp-nodemon');
var replace = require('stream-replace');
var gutil = require('gulp-util');

// Start server with nodemon
gulp.task('server-start', function () {
  var monitor = nodemon({
      exec: 'node-inspector & node --debug', // load node inspector
      script: './index.js',
      ext: 'js jsx html',
      watch: ['./folder/to/watch/'],
      debug: true,
      stdout: false,
      readable: false,
      verbose: true
    });

  // replace all the '\n's with new lines
  monitor.on('readable', function () {
    this.stdout.pipe(replace(/\\n/igm, '\n')).pipe(process.stdout);
    this.stderr.pipe(replace(/\\n/igm, '\n')).pipe(process.stderr);
  });

  process.once('exit', function () {
    gutil.log(gutil.colors.cyan('\'nodemon\''), 'handle process exit');
    monitor.emit('exit');
  });

  process.once('SIGINT', function () {
    gutil.log(gutil.colors.cyan('\'nodemon\''), 'handle SIGINT');
    process.exit(1);
  });

});