inotifywait does not print filename that edited

duyinthee · 2025-11-05 08:18:38

I am trying to get it works.

inotifywait --event modify --format '%w%f' ./*

it only print

Setting up watches.
Watches established.

while waiting. then, after a file is edited in the directory, nothing show up.

dimich · 2025-11-05 10:00:24

Do you edit a file which exists at the moment of inotifywait invokation, or create it after inotifywait run?
./* argument is expanded by shell to existing files, so inotifywait is waiting for changes only on files which already exist. If you want to wait for changes on a directory, use . rather than ./*

seth · 2025-11-05 13:52:35

"Edit" might not end up being a modification if the file gets replaced w/ a new inode.

Arch Linux

#1 2025-11-05 08:18:38

inotifywait does not print filename that edited

#2 2025-11-05 10:00:24

Re: inotifywait does not print filename that edited

#3 2025-11-05 13:52:35

Re: inotifywait does not print filename that edited

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