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Watching for changes for a specific file in Linux
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| inotifywait -m -e close_write,moved_to,create . | | |
| while read -r directory events filename; do | |
| if [ "$events" = "CLOSE_WRITE,CLOSE" ]; then | |
| if [ "$filename" = "users.db.txt" ]; then | |
| echo "K" | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| done |
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