Run make when any files passed as arguments are modified.

makeonfilechange.sh

#!/bin/bash

description="Run make when any files passed as arguments are modified."
usage="Usage: makeonfilechange [files]"

if [ $# = 0 ]; then
  echo $description
  echo $usage
  exit 1
fi

# Separate if statement becuase if $# = 0 then $1 evaluates to nothing and the
# test command errors because it gets an invalid number of arguments.
if [ $1 = --help -o $1 = -h ]; then
  echo $description
  echo $usage
  exit 1
fi

while inotifywait -e modify $@; do
  make
done