From 473e1e8f566baaf813195b4af32154ccfb41f55f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Thurstenson <thurstylark@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:55:11 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added newdev() which uses inotifywait to list new files in
 the specified path, or /dev/ if unspecified

---
 .bashrc.d/newdev.bash | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .bashrc.d/newdev.bash

diff --git a/.bashrc.d/newdev.bash b/.bashrc.d/newdev.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a36a59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bashrc.d/newdev.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+newfiles() {
+
+	# Path to watch. If the first parameter isn't set, just use /dev/
+	local path="${1:-/dev/}"
+
+	# Seconds without new events before exiting inotifywait
+	local timeout=10
+
+	printf "New files in %s:\n\n" "$path"
+
+	inotifywait \
+		--monitor \
+		--event create \
+		--timeout $timeout \
+		--format '%w%f' \
+		--quiet \
+		"$path"
+
+	local return=$?
+	if [[ $return == 2 ]]; then
+		printf "\nNo new events in %s seconds. Exiting.\n\n" $timeout
+		return 0
+	else
+		printf "\nE: inotifywait returned %s. Exiting.\n\n" $return
+		return $return
+	fi
+}