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For whatever reason this command is quitting out after creating a single file in the folder. Not sure why when it is in monitor mode

$ inotifywait -m  /TDPROXY/NET_DISCONNECT/INCOMING/ -e create  | echo "new file"

Thanks

Charles Duffy
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BostonMacOSX
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    `echo` doesn't read from standard input. When `echo` completes, it closes its end of the pipe, and `inotifywait` receives a SIGPIPE signal the next time it tries to write. – chepner Oct 18 '17 at 20:30

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I was having this problem and figured it out using chepner's comment. If you just run 

$ inotifywait -m /TDPROXY/NET_DISCONNECT/INCOMING/ -e create

You'll see a stdout line printed everytime the event fires. So you just need a way to run echo whenever that happens.

I found a way from this question. 

$ inotifywait -m /TDPROXY/NET_DISCONNECT/INCOMING/ -e create |
while read -r line; do echo "new file: ${line}"; done
ki9
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