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Created February 18, 2013 07:10
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monitor for file changes and loop
#!/bin/bash
while true
do
inotifywait . -e modify -r
wait
now=$(date +"%T")
wait
notify-send "Pre-execute $now";
wait
$@
now=$(date +"%T")
wait
notify-send "Post-execute $now";
done
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