regularly look for newly modified files, notify hipchat room on discovery

find-new-files.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# ./find-new-files [path(.)] [minutes(360)]
#

if [ -z $1 ]
then
	dir='.'
else
	dir=$1
fi

if [ -z $2 ]
then
	min='360'
else
	min=$2
fi

from='Monitor'
room_id='HipChat Room Name'
api_key='HipChat API key'

find=`find $dir -type f -mmin -$min`
if [ "$find" = "" ]
then
	count=0
else
	count=`echo "$find" | wc -l`
fi

if [[ $count -gt 0 ]]
then
	message="$count files modified in the last $min minutes in $dir"
	curl -d room_id="$room_id" -d from="$from" -d message="$message" -d color='gray' "https://api.hipchat.com/v1/rooms/message?format=json&auth_token=${api_key}"
	#echo $message
	#echo "$find"
else
	message='no modified files'
fi