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exogen / watch
Created September 15, 2011 23:22
Generic file watcher script.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Author: Brian Beck <exogen@gmail.com>
# Usage: watch PATH COMMAND...
#
# This script watches PATH and runs COMMAND whenever PATH or a descendent
# of PATH is modified. COMMAND is everything after the first argument.
#
# If PATH is "-", then the list of paths comes from standard input.
#