watchrun script for running a command when any file in the current dir tree changes

watchrun.sh

#!/bin/sh

# USAGE: ./watchrun.sh COMMAND

# New credit to: http://exyr.org/2011/inotify-run/
# this script will wait for changes in the current directory tree, and when one occurs, it will run COMMAND, then resume waiting

# requires inotify-tools:
#     sudo apt-get install inotify-tools
# or:
#     yum install inotify-tools

FORMAT=$(echo -e "\033[1;33m%w%f\033[0m written")
while inotifywait -e close_write -qr --format "$FORMAT" .
do
    "$@"
done