/usr/bin/inotifywait

inotifywait 4.26.0
Wait for a particular event on a file or set of files.
Usage: inotifywait [ options ] file1 [ file2 ] [ file3 ] [ ... ]
Options:
	-h|--help     	Show this help text.
	@<file>       	Exclude the specified file from being watched.
	--exclude <pattern>
	              	Exclude all events on files matching the
	              	extended regular expression <pattern>.
	              	Only the last --exclude option will be
	              	taken into consideration.
	--excludei <pattern>
	              	Like --exclude but case insensitive.
	--include <pattern>
	              	Exclude all events on files except the ones
	              	matching the extended regular expression
	              	<pattern>.
	--includei <pattern>
	              	Like --include but case insensitive.
	-m|--monitor  	Keep listening for events forever or until --timeout expires.
	              	Without this option, inotifywait will exit after one event is received.
	-d|--daemon   	Same as --monitor, except run in the background
	              	logging events to a file specified by --outfile.
	              	Implies --syslog.
	-P|--no-dereference
	              	Do not follow symlinks.
	-r|--recursive	Watch directories recursively.
	-I|--inotify	Watch with inotify.
	-F|--fanotify	Watch with fanotify.
	-S|--filesystem	Watch entire filesystem with fanotify.
	-M|--mount	Watch entire mount with fanotify.
	--fromfile <file>
	              	Read files to watch from <file> or `-' for stdin.
	-o|--outfile <file>
	              	Print events to <file> rather than stdout.
	-s|--syslog   	Send errors to syslog rather than stderr.
	-q|--quiet    	Print less (only print events).
	-qq           	Print nothing (not even events).
	--format <fmt>	Print using a specified printf-like format
	              	string; read the man page for more details.
	--no-newline  	Don't print newline symbol after
	              	--format string.
	--timefmt <fmt>	strftime-compatible format string for use with
	              	%T in --format string.
	-c|--csv      	Print events in CSV format.
	-t|--timeout <seconds>
	              	When listening for a single event, time out after
	              	waiting for an event for <seconds> seconds.
	              	If <seconds> is zero, inotifywait will never time out.
	-e|--event <event1> [ -e|--event <event2> ... ]
		Listen for specific event(s).  If omitted, all events are
		listened for.

Exit status:
	0  -  An event you asked to watch for was received.
	1  -  An event you did not ask to watch for was received
	      (usually delete_self or unmount), or some error occurred.
	2  -  The --timeout option was given and no events occurred
	      in the specified interval of time.

Events:
	access		file or directory contents were read
	modify		file or directory contents were written
	attrib		file or directory attributes changed
	close_write	file or directory closed, after being opened in
	           	writable mode
	close_nowrite	file or directory closed, after being opened in
	           	read-only mode
	close		file or directory closed, regardless of read/write mode
	open		file or directory opened
	moved_to	file or directory moved to watched directory
	moved_from	file or directory moved from watched directory
	move		file or directory moved to or from watched directory
	move_self		A watched file or directory was moved.
	create		file or directory created within watched directory
	delete		file or directory deleted within watched directory
	delete_self	file or directory was deleted
	unmount		file system containing file or directory unmounted