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nodemon — Watch files and automatically restart a node application when changes are detected. More information

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Problem

How to use the nodemon command: Watch files and automatically restart a node application when changes are detected. More information: <https://github.com/remy/nodemon/tree/main/doc/cli>.

Solution

nodemon — Watch files and automatically restart a node application when changes are detected. More information: <https://github.com/remy/nodemon/tree/main/doc/cli>.

Execute the specified file and watch a specific file for changes:

nodemon {{path/to/file.js}}

Manually restart nodemon (note nodemon must already be active for this to work):

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Ignore specific files:

nodemon {{[-i|--ignore]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Pass arguments to the node application:

nodemon {{path/to/file.js}} {{arguments}}

Pass arguments to node itself if they're not nodemon arguments already (e.g. --inspect):

nodemon {{arguments}} {{path/to/file.js}}

Run an arbitrary non-node script:

nodemon {{[-x|--exec]}} "{{command_to_run_script}} {{options}}" {{path/to/script}}

Run a Python script:

nodemon {{[-x|--exec]}} "python {{options}}" {{path/to/file.py}}

Code Snippets

Execute the specified file and watch a specific file for changes

nodemon {{path/to/file.js}}

Manually restart nodemon (note nodemon must already be active for this to work)

rs

Ignore specific files

nodemon {{[-i|--ignore]}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Pass arguments to the node application

nodemon {{path/to/file.js}} {{arguments}}

Pass arguments to node itself if they're not nodemon arguments already (e.g. `--inspect`)

nodemon {{arguments}} {{path/to/file.js}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/nodemon

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