monitor home

#!/bin/bash

# The folder to monitor
FOLDER="$HOME"

# The log file to write changes to
LOGFILE="$HOME/folder_changes.log"

# Start monitoring the folder
inotifywait -m -r -e create,delete,modify,move "$FOLDER" | while read line; do
    # Get the timestamp
    timestamp=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

    # Write the event to the log file
    echo "$timestamp - $line" >> "$LOGFILE"
done

#Note that inotify can consume a lot of system resources if you're monitoring a large number of files, so it's a good idea #to use it judiciously and only when necessary.