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how do I modify the inotifywait command to report only when a file of certain type/extension is created

Please note that this is untested code since I don't have access to inotify right now. But something akin to this ought to work with bash:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        if [[ "$file" =~ .*xml$ ]]; then # Does the file end with .xml?
            echo "xml file" # If so, do your thing here!
        fi
    done

Alternatively, without bash,

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        case "$file" in
            (*.xml)
                echo "xml file" # Do your thing here!
                ;;
        esac
        fi
    done

With newer versions of inotifywait you can directly create a pattern match for files:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to --include '.*\.xml$' |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        echo "xml file" # Do your thing here!
    done

how do I modify the inotifywait command to report only when a file of certain type/extension is created

Please note that this is untested code since I don't have access to inotify right now. But something akin to this ought to work with bash:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        if [[ "$file" =~ .*xml$ ]]; then # Does the file end with .xml?
            echo "xml file" # If so, do your thing here!
        fi
    done

Alternatively, without bash,

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        case "$file" in
            (*.xml)
                echo "xml file" # Do your thing here!
                ;;
        esac
        fi
    done

With newer versions of inotifywait you can directly create a pattern match for files:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to --include '.*\.xml$' |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        echo "xml file" # Do your thing here!
    done

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how do I modify the inotifywait command to report only when a file of certain type/extension is created

Please note that this is untested code since I don't have access to inotify right now. But something akin to this ought to work with bash:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        if [[ "$file" =~ .*xml$ ]]; then # Does the file end with .xml?
            echo "xml file" # If so, do your thing here!
        fi
    done

Alternatively, without bash,

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        case "$file" in
            (*.xml)
                echo "xml file" # Do your thing here!
                ;;
        esac
        fi
    done

With newer versions of inotifywait you can directly create a pattern match for files:

inotifywait -m /path -e create -e moved_to --include '.*\.xml$' |
    while read -r directory action file; do
        echo "xml file" # Do your thing here!
    done