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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Installing and Using Sass

Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points
Posted by Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points

watch. doesn't work but watch specified file works. Why?

Error when using --watch.

adminsMacBook7:sass admin$ sass --watch. OptionParser::InvalidOption: invalid option: --watch. Use --trace for backtrace.

But this works : adminsMacBook7:sass admin$ sass --watch test.scss:test.css

Sass is watching for changes. Press Ctrl-C to stop. write test.css write test.css.map

Could anyone explain why?

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Try

--watch .

in your terminal.

With watch, it might be confusing that with an invalid command. So keep a space between the period and the watch command :-)

Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points
Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points

ahh that was easy with your help! Thanks, Jonathan :)