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33.Dd October 16, 2008
34.Dt MONITOR 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm monitor
38.Nd File and directory monitoring utility
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl qvx
42.Ar
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility monitors one or more files or directories and outputs the
47appropriate file name to stdout whenever a change occurs.
48Supported options are as follows:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
50.It Fl q
51Be more quiet.
52Specifying this option will cause only the file paths to be output.
53.It Fl v
54Be more verbose.
55.It Fl x
56Exit after first hit.
57.Nm
58will exit after reporting the first event.
59.El
60.\".Sh EXAMPLES
61.\".Sh SEE ALSO
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Nm
65utility first appeared in
66.Dx 2.1 .
67.Sh AUTHORS
68.An Matthew Dillon Aq Mt dillon@backplane.com
69