Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

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The inotify command can monitor a directory:

    #/bin/bash
    #Filename: watchdir.sh
    #Description: Watch directory access
    path=$1
    #Provide path of directory or file as argument to script

    $ inotifywait -m -r -e create,move,delete $path  -q 

A sample output resembles the following:

    $ ./watchdir.sh .
    ./ CREATE new
    ./ MOVED_FROM new
    ./ MOVED_TO news
    ./ DELETE news