Simple inotify-based watcher/rebuilder - e.g. 'inotifytest make foo' or 'inotifytest redo'

inotifytest

#!/bin/bash
# Heavily cut-down inotifymake

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while true
do
    clear
    "$@"
    inotifywait -q -q -r -e 'close_write' \
                --exclude '^\..*\.sw[px]*$|4913|~$|.git/.*\.lock$|.*i\.log$' .
done