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inotifywait efficiently waits for changes to files using Linux's inotify(7) interface. It is suitable for waiting for changes to files from shell scripts.

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inotifywait - wait for changes to files using inotify

Synopsis

inotifywait [-hcmrq] [-e <event> ] [-t <seconds> ] [--format <fmt> ] [--timefmt <fmt> ] <file> [ ... ]

Description

inotifywait efficiently waits for changes to files using Linux's inotify(7) interface. It is suitable for waiting for changes to files from shell scripts. It can either exit once an event occurs, or continually execute and output events as they occur.

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How to exit from inotifywait

I want to monitor a given directory until a certain condition arises. ARCHIVE_PATH=$(inotifywait -m -r -q -e close_write -e moved_to --format '%w%f' /test | while read FILE; do # ... Code ... if [ $CONDITION ]; then echo "$VALUE" break …
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For every file modification copy it into another file bash

I want to run service to listen on file modifying and for every add to file delete it from file and append to another file I tried this code but it is not working it like going in infinite loop inotifywait -m -e modify "$1" | while read…
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Inotifywait subfolder zip creation

I'm trying to make a bash script that monitors a folder and it's subfolders. Basicly I have other app that makes subfolders and adds files to them. I want to add the files that come into these subfolders into a zip named after the subfolder. Upon…
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How to get recursive directory path using inotify-tools in terminal

I'm using inotify-tools where i want a notification of file which has been created in recursive directories Till here i'm succesfull Now i want to get directory path where a file is been created/dumped in the recursive folders for e.g abc.txt file…
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watch multiple directories using inotifywait and run scripts

I have multiple git repositories containing websites. I want to run inotifywait against their cloned local versions in order to monitor for certain file events and automatically run git push and git pull scripts when those events are detected. So…
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InotifyWait changing file name to .outputstream-xxxx

I have a bash shell script using inotifywait to capture files added to a specific Dropbox folder, running a process and saving the file to another Dropbox folder. I'm running PopOS 22.04. For some reason, inotifywait is now saying $filename is…
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Trigger `inotifywait` action when starting waiting for changes?

I have a bunch of scripts that watch some file for changes: while inotifywait -e close_write ~/somefile.someext; do THINGS done How can I execute THINGS not only when a file changes, but also when first starting the script? I can duplicate the…
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can multiple scripts use inotifywait to watch the same file simultaneously?

Is there anything about the nature of inotify's inotifywait that would result in unpredictable behavior (or predictable problems) when running two or more scripts that each uses inotifywait to watch the same file or set of files? Or is it safe/ok,…
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Is there a way to monitor mounted files (in docker container) by inotifywait?

I'm Trying to print all the files in some directory when they are changed. **for example:** I want to print all the files that changed under **Lupidon** directory ├───Bills ├───Mortgage ├───Zeus │ ├───Cronus │ └───Lupidon I'm using the…
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Inotifywait not work as expected with while loop

I would like to run the number of modify option in the monitored directory and when 3 modify event happened. I would like to run an command. I have tried the code as shown below, however count variable is not increasing even though modification…
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How to track the sequences in the file changes with Inotifywait

Currently I am monitoring the files by using above code, it works as expected. Basically I am monitoring the opened text files and executing commands. inotifywait -m -q /home/testDir -e open | while read path action file; do if [[…
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Restart a crashed screen

I have a simple bash script, which uses the inotifywait command and based on the modification that is done, it run a rsync command. This is done in an infinite loop. The script is run in a "screen" session, but unfortunately it crashes from time to…
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Watch module /sys/module/uvcvideo/refcnt for changes (to trigger action on webcam use)

I would like to switch an On Air sign at my work-from-home office when my webcam is on. Detecting whether the webcam is on can easily be done via cat /sys/module/uvcvideo/refcnt if it outputs 0 no app is using the webcam, otherwise it is. I…
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Can't figure out how inotifywait excluding works, can somebody explain?

I have the following peace of code in bash inotifywait -r -m -e modify -e moved_to -e moved_from -e move -e move_self -e create -e delete -e delete_self $list_of_folders | while read path action file; do …
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`inotifywait` does not terminate in bash script with `-e delete_self`; but does in interactive shell

I'm trying to write a script which restarts a python3 -m http.server process when a certain directory (_site) is deleted and then recreated. The script is below. There's an inotify command in the waitdel function which is supposed to only block…
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