Update .pdf file whenever the .tex is modified.

realTimeTex.sh

#!/bin/sh

#########################################
# created by
#   Zhou Chao
# at
#   2014.11
# args 
#   $1: tex file name to be edited
#########################################

# get file name without extension
FILE_NAME=`echo $1 | cut -d'.' -f 1`
echo $FILE_NAME

# get pdf file name
PDF_NAME="$FILE_NAME.pdf"
echo $PDF_NAME

# open pdf viewer
gnome-open $PDF_NAME

# open vim editor
gnome-terminal -e "bash -c \"vim $1\""

# watch on tex file changes
while inotifywait -e delete_self $1; 
do pdflatex $1; 
done

• Platform: Linux.
• Dependencies: inotify.
• Usage: ./realTimeTex.sh some.tex.