Monitor your changed files in real time, in Linux

We know that top is a command to monitor your CPU usage and processes in real time. Here is a tip that will allow you to monitor changes in les in real time.

Just run the following command and watch the output:

#watch -d -n 2 ‘df; ls -Flat;’

he output will allow you to spy on which les are getting written on your system.

very time a le gets modi ed, it will get highlighted in the output of the above command.

Note: The above command is useful when you grant someone H access to your inu computer and wish to know exactly what they are modifying.

— Abhishek Chib, abhishek.chib@gmail.com