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inotifywait:tldr:18f90
inotifywait: Run a command when a file is accessed.
$ inotifywait --event ${access} ${filename} && ${command}
try on your machine
This command is using the inotifywait
tool to monitor a specific file for a specific event, and upon detecting that event, it will execute a given command.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
inotifywait
is a Linux command-line tool that can monitor file system events.--event
is an option forinotifywait
that allows you to specify the event to watch for. In this case,${access}
is a placeholder for a specific event variable. The actual event to monitor is not clear without knowing the value of${access}
.${filename}
is another placeholder for the name of the file you want to monitor.&&
is a shell operator that allows you to execute a command after the successful execution of the preceding command.${command}
is a placeholder for the command you want to execute when the specified event occurs.
So, in summary, this command uses inotifywait
to watch for a specific event (${access}
) on a given file (${filename}
). When that event occurs, it will execute the ${command}
. The actual behavior and functionality of this command depend on the values assigned to ${access}
, ${filename}
, and ${command}
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.