how to achieve linux's inotify-tools shell methods on osx

Question

To monitor a file in linux, I can use inotify-tools like this

#!/bin/bash

# with inotify-tools installed, watch for modification of file passed as first par         


        

Answer 1

You can use entr tool. Example usage:

ls some_file | entr do_something

On Mac install via Brew: brew install entr.