Usage: nodemon [options] [script.js] [args] Options: --config file ............ alternate nodemon.json config file to use -e, --ext ................ extensions to look for, ie. js,jade,hbs. -x, --exec app ........... execute script with "app", ie. -x "python -v". -w, --watch path.......... watch directory "path" or files. use once for each directory or file to watch. -i, --ignore ............. ignore specific files or directories. -V, --verbose ............ show detail on what is causing restarts. -- ........... to tell nodemon stop slurping arguments. Note: if the script is omitted, nodemon will try to read "main" from package.json and without a nodemon.json, nodemon will monitor .js, .mjs, .coffee, .litcoffee, and .json by default. For advanced nodemon configuration use nodemon.json: nodemon --help config See also the sample: https://github.com/remy/nodemon/wiki/Sample-nodemon.json Examples: $ nodemon server.js $ nodemon -w ../foo server.js apparg1 apparg2 $ nodemon --exec python app.py $ nodemon --exec "make build" -e "styl hbs" $ nodemon app.js -- --config # pass config to app.js \x1B[1mAll options are documented under: \x1B[4mnodemon --help options\x1B[0m