inotifywatch(1) General Commands Manual inotifywatch(1) (NAME) inotifywatch, fsnotifywatch - inotify fanotify (SYNOPSIS) inotifywatch [-hvzrPqfIFS] [-e <> ] [-t <> ] [-a <> ] [-d <> ] <> [ ... ] fsnotifywatch [-hvzrPqfIFS] [-e <> ] [-t <> ] [-a <> ] [-d <> ] <> [ ... ] (DESCRIPTION) inotifywatch inotify(7) . fsnotifywatch inotifywatch fanotify(7) . inotify(7) . (OUTPUT) inotifywatch fsnotifywatch . . -a -d . . (OPTIONS) -h, --help . -v, --verbose . @<> . . . : @ . --fromfile <> . @ . <> `-` . . -z, --zero . . ! --exclude <> POSIX ( ). --excludei <> POSIX ( ). --include <> POSIX ( ). --includei <> POSIX ( ). -r, --recursive . . . . : inotify . inotify inotify . /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches . -P, --no-dereference . -t <>, --timeout <> . inotifywatch ( CONTROL-C ) . -e <>, --event <> () . (EVENTS) . . . -a <>, --ascending <> . `total` (EVENTS) `move` `close` ( `moved_to` `moved_from` `close_write` `close_nowrite` ). `total` . -d <>, --descending <> . `total` (EVENTS) `move` `close` ( `moved_to` `moved_from` `close_write` `close_nowrite` ). `total` . -I, --inotify inotify ( inotifywatch). -F, --fanotify fanotify ( fsnotifywatch). fanotify inotify . . . . fanotify . -S, --filesystem fanotify. (EXIT STATUS) 0 . 1 . (EVENTS) -e : access . modify . attrib . . close_write . . close_nowrite . close . close_write close_nowrite CLOSE. open . moved_to . . moved_from . . move . moved_to moved_from MOVE. move_self . . create . delete . delete_self . . . unmount (Unmount) . . . (EXAMPLE) `~/.beagle' : % inotifywatch -v -e access -e modify -t 60 -r ~/.beagle Establishing watches... Setting up watch(es) on /home/rohan/.beagle OK, /home/rohan/.beagle is now being watched. Total of 302 watches. Finished establishing watches, now collecting statistics. Will listen for events for 60 seconds. total access modify filename 1436 1074 362 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/FileSystemIndex/PrimaryIndex/ 1323 1053 270 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/FileSystemIndex/SecondaryIndex/ 303 116 187 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/KMailIndex/PrimaryIndex/ 261 74 187 /home/rohan/.beagle/TextCache/ 206 0 206 /home/rohan/.beagle/Log/ 42 0 42 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/FileSystemIndex/Locks/ 18 6 12 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/FileSystemIndex/ 12 0 12 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/KMailIndex/Locks/ 3 0 3 /home/rohan/.beagle/TextCache/54/ 3 0 3 /home/rohan/.beagle/TextCache/bc/ 3 0 3 /home/rohan/.beagle/TextCache/20/ 3 0 3 /home/rohan/.beagle/TextCache/62/ 2 2 0 /home/rohan/.beagle/Indexes/KMailIndex/SecondaryIndex/ (CAVEATS) inotifywatch inode . inotifywatch . (BUGS) . . inotify . (AUTHORS) inotifywatch Rohan McGovern Eric Curtin Radu Voicilas . . inotifywatch inotify-tools . inotify-tools : https://github.com/inotify-tools/inotify-tools/wiki (SEE ALSO) inotifywait(1), inotify(7) inotifywatch 4.23.9.0 2025-09-23 inotifywatch(1)