# inotifywait
# Waits for changes to one or more files.
# More information: <https://manned.org/inotifywait>.
# Watch a specific file for events, exiting after the first one:
inotifywait path/to/file
# Continuously watch a specific file for events without exiting:
inotifywait --monitor path/to/file
# Watch a directory recursively for events:
inotifywait --monitor --recursive path/to/directory
# Watch a directory for changes, excluding files, whose names match a regular expression:
inotifywait --monitor --recursive --exclude "regular_expression" path/to/directory
# Watch a file for changes, exiting when no event occurs for 30 seconds:
inotifywait --monitor --timeout 30 path/to/file
# Only watch a file for file modification events:
inotifywait --event modify path/to/file
# Watch a file printing only events, and no status messages:
inotifywait --quiet path/to/file
# Run a command when a file is accessed:
inotifywait --event access path/to/file && command
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