📂 file-activity-monitor

A simple real-time file activity monitor built in Bash, using inotifywait.
It watches a folder and logs any changes — such as file creation, deletion, or modification — in real time.

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🔧 Features

• ✅ Real-time file and folder activity logging
• 📌 Start and stop monitoring folders with ease
• 📜 Stores logs for each folder being watched
• 📋 List all currently monitored folders
• 🔍 Check if a folder is being monitored (status)
• 🆘 Built-in --help and --version options

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🧠 What It Taught Me

• Linux CLI scripting in Bash
• Using inotifywait for real-time monitoring
• Managing background processes (PIDs)
• Logging and file permissions
• Building a clean CLI experience

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🚀 Usage

Before running the script, make it executable:

chmod +x monitor.sh

./monitor.sh start /path/to/folder     # Start monitoring
./monitor.sh stop /path/to/folder      # Stop monitoring
./monitor.sh status /path/to/folder    # Check if folder is being monitored
./monitor.sh list                      # List all monitored folders
./monitor.sh --help                    # Show help message
./monitor.sh --version                 # Show version

Logs are saved under: ~/.monitor_logs/

PID files are stored securely in: ~/.monitor_pids/

📷 Output Screenshot