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Use inotifywait to move file when it loads in dropbox folder

I’m trying to find a way to immediately move a file to another folder as soon as it appears in my dropbox on CentOS.

<span class="com">#!/usr/bin/env bash</span><span class="pln">

dir</span><span class="pun">=/</span><span class="pln">home</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">ortix</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="typ">Dropbox</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">new</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">
target</span><span class="pun">=/</span><span class="pln">home</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">ortix</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">movedfiles</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">

inotifywait </span><span class="pun">-</span><span class="pln">m </span><span class="str">"$dir"</span> <span class="pun">--</span><span class="pln">format </span><span class="str">'%w%f'</span> <span class="pun">-</span><span class="pln">e create </span><span class="pun">|</span>
    <span class="kwd">while</span><span class="pln"> read file</span><span class="pun">;</span> <span class="kwd">do</span><span class="pln">
        mv </span><span class="str">"$file"</span> <span class="str">"$target"</span>
    <span class="kwd">done</span>