inotify is a tool in Linux which is used to report when a file system event occurs. Using inotify, you can monitor individual files or directories.
Prerequisites
Make sure you have the inotify tool installed on your system.
How to do it
Create a script called inotify_example.sh:
inotify_example.sh
#! /bin/bash
folder=~/Desktop/abc
cdate=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M")
inotifywait -m -q -e create -r --format '%:e %w%f' $folder | while read file
do
mv ~/Desktop/abc/output.txt ~/Desktop/Old_abc/${cdate}-output.txt
doneHow it works
The inotifywait command is mostly used in shell scripting. The main purpose of the inotify tool is to monitor the directories and new files. It also monitors the changes in the files.
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