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inotifywait:tldr:66a25
inotifywait: Watch a file for changes, exiting when no event occurs for 30 seconds.
$ inotifywait --monitor --timeout ${30} ${filename}
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The inotifywait
command is used to watch for file system events and take actions based on them.
Here is the explanation of the provided command:
--monitor
tellsinotifywait
to continuously monitor for events.--timeout ${30}
sets a timeout of 30 seconds. If no events occur within this time, the command will exit.${filename}
specifies the file or directory to watch events for.${filename}
is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual filename or directory path.
In summary, this command will continuously monitor the specified ${filename}
for file system events and will stop monitoring after 30 seconds of no activity.
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.