Is there any shell script or software available to watch a CSV file?

I am using CentOS 5.5. There is a CSV file in a particular directory(/somewhere/somefile.csv) where a software continuously appending comma separated row(s) of data time to time and the file size is growing big (currently it's 50MB+).

My idea is to create a demon to watch the CSV file. Whenever any row(s) of data appended in that CSV file the demon will read the last appended row(s) and create/write it in a separate text file by date.

I would like to know:

Is there any shell script/software available on this regards to watch a CSV file?
Is there any better idea or solutions other then create a demon?

I have googled tons of time but didn't find any good idea/solution(s). Please help.

Thanks in advance.

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asked 18 Jul '12, 03:23

tanveer
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2	You could avoid having to write any script by using Rsyslog. It allows you to use a regular file as input and write output to a file name according to a template (for example date as file name, without syslog time stamp). link answered 22 Jul '12, 03:49 unSpawn 81●1 accept rate: 28%

0	I would consider using some form of source revision control like git. I think you might be able to get what you need without having to reinvent too many wheels. link answered 20 Jul '12, 11:20 mww 11●1 accept rate: 0%

You can try inotify or incron.

Starting with kernel 2.6.13, Linux provides the inotify mechanism, which allows an application to monitor file events.

http://inotify.aiken.cz/

or you can write your own program as described on http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ubuntu-inotify/index.html

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answered 01 Aug '12, 03:33

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