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#!/bin/sh # run B but then wait for the file to change. # great to set as $EDITOR. # the notion of a file changing is a little weak. stat=`ls -l $1` B "$@" while true do nstat=`ls -l $1` if [ "x$stat" != "x$nstat" ] then exit fi done