Suppose you are using less and want to add the build step that does compile less into css over the whole project.
Here are the steps:
1. Install lessc
2. Install compresser if you need it
Now create following shell scripts and add them into your build process:
3. compile-one.sh
compiles single less file (change --clean-css
options to what you need)
#!/bin/sh if [ $1 ]; then _basename=$(basename $1 .less) _dirname=$(dirname $1) else echo "Usage: sh compile-one.sh <full_path_to_less>" echo "Example: sh compile-one.sh path/to/styles.less" exit fi echo "Compiling "$1 lessc $1 $_dirname"/"$_basename".css" --clean-css="--s1 --advanced"
4. find-all-and-compile.sh
compiles all less files in project/styles/dir
and its descendants. styles.less -> styles.css
#!/bin/sh find project/styles/dir -name *.less -exec sh compile-one.sh {} \;