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Created November 15, 2013 20:41
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wait.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
while [ 1 ];
do
cp ~/test.txt ~/test.txt.old
EVENT=$(inotifywait --format '%e' ~/test.txt);
[ $? != 0 ] && exit
[ "$EVENT" = "MODIFY" ] && echo 'file modified!'
diff ~/test.txt ~/test.txt.old
done
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