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browser-sync — A local web server that updates browser on file changes. More information: <https://browsersync.io/d

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Problem

How to use the browser-sync command: A local web server that updates browser on file changes. More information: <https://browsersync.io/docs/command-line>.

Solution

browser-sync — A local web server that updates browser on file changes. More information: <https://browsersync.io/docs/command-line>.

Start a server from a specific directory:

browser-sync start --server {{path/to/directory}} --files {{path/to/directory}}

Start a server from local directory, watching all CSS files in a directory:

browser-sync start --server --files '{{path/to/directory/*.css}}'

Create configuration file:

browser-sync init

Start Browsersync from configuration file:

browser-sync start --config {{config_file}}

Code Snippets

Start a server from a specific directory

browser-sync start --server {{path/to/directory}} --files {{path/to/directory}}

Start a server from local directory, watching all CSS files in a directory

browser-sync start --server --files '{{path/to/directory/*.css}}'

Create configuration file

browser-sync init

Start Browsersync from configuration file

browser-sync start --config {{config_file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/browser-sync

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