Capture output of inotifywait in bash

Question

How can i capture the output of inotifywait in this instance, it is driving me crazy.

Here is my code:

 while inotifywait -q -e  create,delete --format '%T %:e "%f"' --timefmt '%d/%m/%y %H:%M'  "$DIR"
    do
       echo -e "$line" >> /mnt/pidrive1/Digital_Signage/log/"$hostname"_sync.log
       echo -e "Folder contents:" $file_number "files in total: " $folder_list  >> /mnt/pidrive1/Digital_Signage/log/"$hostname"_sync.log
    done

I am not capturing the $@ in the file – Ossama Oct 04 '17 at 09:30 — Ossama, Oct 04 '17 at 09:30

cnicutar · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-04T11:50:23.740

3

A much simpler way to achieve what you want would be:

while inotifywait <whaveter> >> sync.log
do
   # Nothing
done

If you need to do extra stuff to your output you can say:

while out=$(inotifywait <whaveter>)
do
    # Stuff
    # Just use $out normally
done

edited Oct 04 '17 at 11:50

answered Oct 04 '17 at 09:38

cnicutar

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I would like to also insert more code in the while loop, you code will not let me do this, see edited code – Ossama Oct 04 '17 at 10:35
@Ossama I added a version that allows you to capture the output. – cnicutar Oct 04 '17 at 11:51

Capture output of inotifywait in bash

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