filesystem watcher with inotify-tools

bash_fs_watcher_inotify.sh

# sudo apt-get install inotify-tools

watch_dir () 
{ 
    inotifywait -m $1 -e create -e moved_to | while read path action file; do
        echo "The file '$file' appeared in directory '$path' via '$action'";
    done
}

# usage example:
#
# $ watch_dir /tmp
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