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Dec 052010
 

Monitor a directory for file modification

Answer:

You have a directory to monitor, you want to know which files inside is currently changing.

Try the following magic command:

# watch -d -n 2 'df; ls -FlAt;'

When a file is changed, it will be highlighted.

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