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 }