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How to monitor a directory for file changes?

Leo
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I want to monitor some folder for file changes (files added/deleted/modified) and see when they happened. Ideally I would also like to see the changes.
Is there a good way to do that?

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bogdan_nicolesc
Communicator

Can anyone do video tutorial?

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Sourabhv05
Communicator
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