Hi,

Am trying to write a shell script that monitors all the pdf files created in
the current directory. Every minute it should display a list of those
filenames created after the previous display .. I am trying to use the sleep
command, but unable to get it to work..

Pls
Thanks

Surya Dutt <suryadus@bridgeport.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am trying to write a shell script that monitors all the pdf files created in
> the current directory. Every minute it should display a list of those
> filenames created after the previous display .. I am trying to use the sleep
> command, but unable to get it to work..

touch -t 198001010000 old
while :; do
sleep 59
touch now
sleep 1
find . -name '*.pdf' -newer old -print
mv now old
done

Serve with sugar on top.

Note: Some files might be listed twice.

--
Daniel