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I have a folder, inside of which there are a lot of files. I was looking for a way to check whether any file inside that folder has been opened or not. If it is open, I need to get notified. I know this can be done using inotify-wait but have not been able to do so.



Here is my script



MONITORDIR="/home/aniketshivamtiwari/Downloads/Projects"
inotifywait -m -r -e create --format '%w%f' "$MONITORDIR" | while read NEWFILE
do
 echo "File $NEWFILE has been opened" 
done



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  • Closely related: Using inotify to monitor a directory but not working 100%
    – Michael Homer
    Oct 15 '17 at 6:40






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    Why do you use create and not open if what you want is to monitor wheter files inside the directory are opened? Couldn't you use something like this instead: inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/*?
    – Rastapopoulos
    Oct 15 '17 at 8:26











  • @Rastapopoulos - Your solution worked
    – Aniket Shivam Tiwari
    Oct 15 '17 at 13:49














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I have a folder, inside of which there are a lot of files. I was looking for a way to check whether any file inside that folder has been opened or not. If it is open, I need to get notified. I know this can be done using inotify-wait but have not been able to do so.



Here is my script



MONITORDIR="/home/aniketshivamtiwari/Downloads/Projects"
inotifywait -m -r -e create --format '%w%f' "$MONITORDIR" | while read NEWFILE
do
 echo "File $NEWFILE has been opened" 
done



shell-script shell inotify




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  • Closely related: Using inotify to monitor a directory but not working 100%
    – Michael Homer
    Oct 15 '17 at 6:40






  • 1




    Why do you use create and not open if what you want is to monitor wheter files inside the directory are opened? Couldn't you use something like this instead: inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/*?
    – Rastapopoulos
    Oct 15 '17 at 8:26











  • @Rastapopoulos - Your solution worked
    – Aniket Shivam Tiwari
    Oct 15 '17 at 13:49












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I have a folder, inside of which there are a lot of files. I was looking for a way to check whether any file inside that folder has been opened or not. If it is open, I need to get notified. I know this can be done using inotify-wait but have not been able to do so.



Here is my script



MONITORDIR="/home/aniketshivamtiwari/Downloads/Projects"
inotifywait -m -r -e create --format '%w%f' "$MONITORDIR" | while read NEWFILE
do
 echo "File $NEWFILE has been opened" 
done



shell-script shell inotify




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I have a folder, inside of which there are a lot of files. I was looking for a way to check whether any file inside that folder has been opened or not. If it is open, I need to get notified. I know this can be done using inotify-wait but have not been able to do so.



Here is my script



MONITORDIR="/home/aniketshivamtiwari/Downloads/Projects"
inotifywait -m -r -e create --format '%w%f' "$MONITORDIR" | while read NEWFILE
do
 echo "File $NEWFILE has been opened" 
done




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  • Closely related: Using inotify to monitor a directory but not working 100%
    – Michael Homer
    Oct 15 '17 at 6:40






  • 1




    Why do you use create and not open if what you want is to monitor wheter files inside the directory are opened? Couldn't you use something like this instead: inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/*?
    – Rastapopoulos
    Oct 15 '17 at 8:26











  • @Rastapopoulos - Your solution worked
    – Aniket Shivam Tiwari
    Oct 15 '17 at 13:49
















  • Closely related: Using inotify to monitor a directory but not working 100%
    – Michael Homer
    Oct 15 '17 at 6:40






  • 1




    Why do you use create and not open if what you want is to monitor wheter files inside the directory are opened? Couldn't you use something like this instead: inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/*?
    – Rastapopoulos
    Oct 15 '17 at 8:26











  • @Rastapopoulos - Your solution worked
    – Aniket Shivam Tiwari
    Oct 15 '17 at 13:49















Closely related: Using inotify to monitor a directory but not working 100%
– Michael Homer
Oct 15 '17 at 6:40




Closely related: Using inotify to monitor a directory but not working 100%
– Michael Homer
Oct 15 '17 at 6:40




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Why do you use create and not open if what you want is to monitor wheter files inside the directory are opened? Couldn't you use something like this instead: inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/*?
– Rastapopoulos
Oct 15 '17 at 8:26





Why do you use create and not open if what you want is to monitor wheter files inside the directory are opened? Couldn't you use something like this instead: inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/*?
– Rastapopoulos
Oct 15 '17 at 8:26













@Rastapopoulos - Your solution worked
– Aniket Shivam Tiwari
Oct 15 '17 at 13:49




@Rastapopoulos - Your solution worked
– Aniket Shivam Tiwari
Oct 15 '17 at 13:49










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Here is the solution
First install sudo apt-get install inotify-tools



MONITORDIR="path/to/the/folder"
inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/* | while read NEWFILE
do
 echo "File $NEWFILE has been open" 
done





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    Here is the solution
    First install sudo apt-get install inotify-tools



    MONITORDIR="path/to/the/folder"
    inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/* | while read NEWFILE
    do
     echo "File $NEWFILE has been open" 
    done





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      Here is the solution
      First install sudo apt-get install inotify-tools



      MONITORDIR="path/to/the/folder"
      inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/* | while read NEWFILE
      do
       echo "File $NEWFILE has been open" 
      done





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        MONITORDIR="path/to/the/folder"
        inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/* | while read NEWFILE
        do
         echo "File $NEWFILE has been open" 
        done





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        Here is the solution
        First install sudo apt-get install inotify-tools



        MONITORDIR="path/to/the/folder"
        inotifywait -m -q -e open --format '%w%f' $MONITORDIR/* | while read NEWFILE
        do
         echo "File $NEWFILE has been open" 
        done






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