Linux: Triggering Shell Command On File Save

Question

I want to automatically trigger a shell command when a file is modified. I think this can be accomplished in code by registering an inotify hook and call to system , however is there a higher level bash command that can accomplish this?

Answer 1

Try inotify-tools. I'm having problems copying the link (sorry), but there is a wiki on GitHub which yu should be able to find with G-search-engine.

Answer 2

我没有解决您的问题，但我发现这个很好的程序，你可以使用你要求的功能： cwatch