rails-script-server

#!/bin/bash
set -euf -o pipefail
out () { printf %s\\n "$*" ; }

##
# rails-script-server - A better script/server alias.
#
# Usage:
#   rails-script-server <my_rails_app>
#
# Will
# - cd to the project directory (if argument provided, otherwise will use current directory)
# - kill any existing rails server instances
# - start the rails server
#
# From http://gist.github.com/166994
#
#
# Contact: Joel Parker Henderson (joel@joelparkerhenderson.com)
# License: GPL
# Updated: 2015-01-25
##

function rails-script-server {
  if [ "$1" ]; then
    # cd to the rails app directory.
    cd ~/proj/repos; # (update the repository root location to suit your needs)
    if [ "$1" ]; then
      cd `ls|grep $1|sort|tail -1`
    fi
    out $(pwd)
  fi
  # kill any existing rails server processes.
  ps -a|grep "ruby ./script/server"|grep -v "grep"|cut -d " " -f1|xargs -n 1 kill -TERM

  # start the server.
  ruby ./script/server
}