# gow

> Watch your files on the gow.

Latest version **1.13.1** (published 2020-04-29) · LGPL-3.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install gow
pnpm add gow
yarn add gow
bun add gow
```

Provides the command `gow`.

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.13.1 |
| Published | 2020-04-29 |
| First published | 2020-02-08 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | LGPL-3.0 |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 41.3 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1 |
| Author | Leonard Ginters |
| Maintainers | l2ig |
| Keywords | File watcher, Watcher, Reload on file change, cli, clidaemon, File reloader, Node Watcher, Live reload, Live watcher |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gow
- Repository: https://github.com/l2ig/gow
- Homepage: https://github.com/l2ig/gow#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/l2ig/gow/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/gow

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## Recent versions

- 1.13.1 (latest) — 2020-04-29
- 1.12.2 — 2020-03-25
- 1.12.1 — 2020-03-14
- 1.12.0 — 2020-03-04
- 1.11.13 — 2020-02-29
- 1.11.12 — 2020-02-28
- 1.11.1 — 2020-02-28
- 1.11.0 — 2020-02-28
- 1.10.0 — 2020-02-26
- 1.0.9 — 2020-02-09
- 1.0.8 — 2020-02-09
- 1.0.7 — 2020-02-09
- 1.0.6 — 2020-02-09
- 1.0.5 — 2020-02-08
- 1.0.4 — 2020-02-08
- … 3 more at https://npm.io/package/gow/versions

## README

![Gow logo](https://imgur.com/download/U4PSew2/)

[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/gow.png?downloads=true&downloadRank=true)](https://nodei.co/npm/gow/)
## Usage

````
Usage: gow [options]

Options:
    -c, --command     The command that should be executed at start and reload
    -f, --files       Glob pattern of files that should trigger a reload
    -s, --silent      Disable console output
    -d, --delay       Minimum delay between the reloads

The options are getting ignored, if a config file exists.
````

## Examples
````shell script
# Listen to all JavaScript files within the directory
gow -f "***/*.js"

# Listen to all JSON and TypeScript files within the directory and make sure the TypeScript files are getting compiled on reload
gow -f "***/*.ts" -f "***/*.json" -c "tsc && node ."
````

## Config
`gow.config.js`
````javascript
// Default config
module.exports = {
    command: "node .",  
    files: ["***/*"],
    silent: false,
    delay: 1000
}
````

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