1-liner script series
from ChatGPT:
You can use the following one-liner command in the Linux CLI to monitor the /etc/passwd
file every 5 seconds using ls -la
:
watch -n 5 'ls -la /etc/passwd'
Here's a brief explanation:
watch -n 5
runs the specified command every 5 seconds.'ls -la /etc/passwd'
is the command to list the details of the/etc/passwd
file in long format, including hidden files.