How to monitor the realtime content of a folder in commandline

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Is there any way to monitor the real time content of a folder in commandline? What i need is like dir command but updates the content continuously.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '17 at 15:34

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You may find the following command helpful:

watch -n1 ls /path/to/directory

It will list the content of the '/path/to/directory' directory and update the report every one second. You can modify the -n option according to your needs.

answered Mar 16 '17 at 15:34

RoseHosting

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It is exactly what I am looking but when i enter the command, it says the command "watch" is not found or written false. – Ad Infinitum Mar 16 '17 at 15:38
I'm sorry, but I just noticed that you have Windows OS. I'm not sure, but I don't think that the 'watch' command is available for Windows. You will have to find an alternative. – RoseHosting Mar 16 '17 at 15:52
Thank you very much. With the help of your answer, I could find a similar soluation on Windows :) – Ad Infinitum Mar 16 '17 at 15:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '17 at 15:56

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I have found the answer from a different question on this site (with the help of @RoseHosting). The answer belongs to the @harrymc.

I have written something like that;

@ECHO OFF
:loop
  %*
 dir "path/to/myFolder"
  timeout /t 5
goto loop

answered Mar 16 '17 at 15:56

Ad Infinitum

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How to monitor the realtime content of a folder in commandline

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