fileschanged fileschanged is a command line utility for monitoring files for alterations.
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fileschanged is a command line utility for monitoring files for alterations. fileschanged is a GNU/Linux command-line utility that reports when files have been altered.This software is a client to the FAM (File Alteration Monitor) server that is now available in some distributions. Here's how the fileschanged FAM client works: you give it some filenames on the command line and then it monitors those files for changes.When it discovers that a file has changed (or has been altered), it displays the filename on the standard-output.Here's what the usage looks like:Usage: fileschanged ...Monitors FILEs for alterations. Display the filenames of FILEs that were created, changed, deleted, started execution or finished executing.-s, --show=EVENT Display created, changed, deleted, executing, or executed files (Default is "created,changed"-a, --show-all Display all file events and the associated action-f, --files-to-monitor (Default) Monitor the FILEs on the command line-l, --filelist=FILE Monitor the list of filenames inside FILE-r, --recursive Monitor subdirectories of directories-t, --timeout=N Delay showing changed files for N seconds (Def=2)-p, --display-action Display action when showing altered files-x, --exec=PROG Run PROG when file altered (PROG action filename)-?, --help Give this help list --usage Give a short usage message-V, --version Print program versionFILEs must exist when monitoring begins, or they will not be monitored.

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