How to Install inotify-tools in Ubuntu 18.04



Install inotify-tools by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install inotify-tools

Description:

command-line programs providing a simple interface to inotify

inotify-tools is a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple interface to inotify. These programs can be used to monitor and act upon filesystem events. inotify-tools consists of two utilities: . inotifywait simply blocks for inotify events, making it appropriate for use in shell scripts. . inotifywatch collects filesystem usage statistics and outputs counts of each inotify event.

Homepage: https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools/wiki/

Version: 3.14-2

Section: universe/misc