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| #!/bin/bash | |
| total_watches=0 | |
| total_instances=0 | |
| for pid in $(ls /proc | grep -E "^[0-9]+$"); do | |
| for fd in $(ls /proc/$pid/fd 2>/dev/null); do | |
| link=$(readlink /proc/$pid/fd/$fd 2>/dev/null) | |
| if [[ "$link" == "anon_inode:inotify" ]]; then | |
| total_instances=$((total_instances + 1)) | |
| # Count lines starting with "inotify" in fdinfo | |
| count=$(grep "^inotify" /proc/$pid/fdinfo/$fd 2>/dev/null | wc -l) | |
| total_watches=$((total_watches + count)) | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| done | |
| limit=$(cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches) | |
| percent=$(echo "scale=4; $total_watches * 100 / $limit" | bc) | |
| echo "Total watches: $total_watches" | |
| echo "Watch limit: $limit" | |
| echo "Usage percent: $percent%" | |
| echo "Total instances: $total_instances" |
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