MONITOR(1)

NAME
monitor - File and directory monitoring utility

SYNOPSIS
monitor [-qvx] file ...

DESCRIPTION
The monitor utility monitors one or more files or directories and outputs the appropriate file name to stdout whenever a change occurs. Supported options are as follows:

-q  Be more quiet. Specifying this option will cause only the file paths to be output.

-v  Be more verbose.

-x  Exit after first hit. monitor will exit after reporting the first event.

HISTORY
The monitor utility first appeared in DragonFly 2.1.

AUTHORS
Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com>