# nodemon > Watch files and automatically restart a node application when changes are detected. > More information: . - Execute the specified file and watch a specific file for changes: `nodemon {{path/to/file.js}}` - Manually restart nodemon (note nodemon must already be active for this to work): `rs` - Ignore specific files: `nodemon --ignore {{path/to/file_or_directory}}` - Pass arguments to the node application: `nodemon {{path/to/file.js}} {{arguments}}` - Pass arguments to node itself if they're not nodemon arguments already (e.g. `--inspect`): `nodemon {{arguments}} {{path/to/file.js}}` - Run an arbitrary non-node script: `nodemon --exec "{{command_to_run_script}} {{options}}" {{path/to/script}}` - Run a Python script: `nodemon --exec "python {{options}}" {{path/to/file.py}}`