inotifywait
Waits for changes to one or more files. More information: https://manned.org/inotifywait.
- Run a command when a file changes:
while inotifywait {{path/to/file}}; do {{command}}; done
- Be quiet about watching for changes:
while inotifywait --quiet {{path/to/file}}; do {{command}}; done
- Watch a directory recursively for changes:
while inotifywait --recursive {{path/to/directory}}; do {{command}}; done
- Exclude files matching a regular expression:
while inotifywait --recursive {{path/to/directory}} --exclude '{{regular_expression}}'; do {{command}}; done
- Wait at most 30 seconds:
while inotifywait --timeout {{30}} {{path/to/file}}; do {{command}}; done
- Only watch for file modification events:
while inotifywait --event {{modify}} {{path/to/file}}; do {{command}}; done
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