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Bash script to run tail -f on the newest file in a directory

 #!/bin/bash



# Directory to monitor

directory="/path/to/directory"



# Check if the directory exists

if [ -d "$directory" ]; then

    # Find the newest file in the directory

    newest_file=$(ls -t "$directory" | head -n1)



    # Check if at least one file is present in the directory

    if [ -n "$newest_file" ]; then

        echo "Monitoring $newest_file..."



        # Run tail -f on the newest file

        tail -f "$directory/$newest_file"

    else

        echo "No files found in the directory."

    fi

else

    echo "The directory does not exist."

fi



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Bash script to run tail -f on the newest file in a directory