Watchless - a simple Bash helper for LESS to CSS compilation

Here is a simple Bash tool for LESS files compilation, watching your .less files using inotifywait and compiling CSS on file change.
Supports @import-ed files. Compiled files can go in the current directory or in another directory, keeping the directory structure intact (~/Project/less/style.less to ~/Project/css/style.css for example)
Not well tested, may be dangerous.
AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/watchless/

I place all my LESS files, along with all of the JavaScript files in a sub-directory called _src (for source files). The _scr folder is Cloaked so that it is not included in file transfers. The structure looks like
_src
    js
          bootstrap
              ..... // files go here
          fonts
              ..... // files go here
          jquery
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          myscripts.js // scripts of my own that I want added
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    less
          bootstrap
              ..... // files go here
          fonts
              ..... // files go here
          footer.less //
          form.less //
          header.less // these files are for the various parts of the template and or documents
          main.less //
          nav.less //
          styles.less // contains imported LESS files that are combined and minified into one production style sheet
I will then use PrePros to compile the JS and CSS files making for just two HTTP requests.
Have a look at source code (lines 7 and 110) of this site.
Incidentally, by using PrePros, not only do the LESS and JS files get compiled automatically, any saved changes are immediately visible in my browser without having to refresh each time.

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