inotifywait example

#!/bin/bash
function log {
  echo "[`date  +%y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S`] $1" | tee -a $LGMLOGFILE
}

log "Starting inotitywait infinite loop"

inotifywait --format "%f %e"  -me close_write,moved_to,moved_from,delete,delete_self  $FOLDERWATCHED | while read LINE
do
  log "processing $LINE..."

  set -- "$LINE"
  IFS=" "; declare -a Array=($*)
  FILE="${Array[0]}"
  EVENT="${Array[1]}"

  FILENAME=${FILE%.*}
  FILEEXT=${FILE##*.}
  IFS=""

  # select by file extension
  case $FILEEXT in

  txt)
    # do something
  ;;

  map)
    # do another stuff
  ;;
  *)
    log "nothing to do with $FILE"
  ;;
  esac
done
log "Script finisched"