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I think that I have done the proper script for what I wanted to achieve...

```#!/bin/bash

WATCH_DIR="/home/media/Movies"
DELAY=20
LAST_EVENT_TIME=0

# FileBot Command
FILEBOT_CMD="filebot -rename -r -non-strict \"$WATCH_DIR\" --db TheTVDB --format \"{n}/Season {s}/{n} >

# All done function
finalize_process() {
    CURRENT_TIME=$(date +%s)
    if (( CURRENT_TIME - LAST_EVENT_TIME >= DELAY )); then
        echo "All done, running script!"
       # eval $FILEBOT_CMD
    fi
}

# Monitor
inotifywait -m -r -e close_write --format '%w%f' "$WATCH_DIR" | while read -r file; do
    # Current timestamp
    EVENT_TIME=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

    # Echo for each event
    echo "Change detected for $file at $EVENT_TIME"

    # Last event time
    LAST_EVENT_TIME=$(date +%s)

    # Update past final message if exists
    if [[ -n "$finalization_pid" && -e /proc/$finalization_pid ]]; then
        kill $finalization_pid
    fi

    # Wait 20 seconds end verify the ending process
    (
        sleep "$DELAY"
        finalize_process
    ) &
    finalization_pid=$!
done```

This script shows me an echo after every trigger, then waits 20 seconds and if there is no other trigger, it will fire a final echo with an optional command...

If someone have an optinion about this script, how to optimize it more, or if there could be a different approach, a better one, please share it.

About the double trigger "issue" with inotifywait, I made more tests and if I monitor the folder with "inotifywait -m", for event "close_write", it is acting a bit strange. Lets say that I will copy 5 files (file 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). I will get the echo for every trigger of finished file, but after 12-15 seconds of the "file 1" trigger, it will show the same trigger again. For a better exlpication, i will show you a result echos by copying 5 files:

Jan 01 23:23:48 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4275]: Watches established.
Jan 01 23:24:12 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4276]: Change detected for /home/media/Movies/test/Episode 1.mkv at 2025-01-01 23:24:12
Jan 01 23:24:17 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4276]: Change detected for /home/media/Movies/test/Episode 2.mkv at 2025-01-01 23:24:17
Jan 01 23:24:22 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4276]: Change detected for /home/media/Movies/test/Episode 3.mkv at 2025-01-01 23:24:22
Jan 01 23:24:26 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4276]: Change detected for /home/media/Movies/test/Episode 1.mkv at 2025-01-01 23:24:26
Jan 01 23:24:28 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4276]: Change detected for /home/media/Movies/test/Episode 4.mkv at 2025-01-01 23:24:28
Jan 01 23:24:32 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4276]: Change detected for /home/media/Movies/test/Episode 5.mkv at 2025-01-01 23:24:32
Jan 01 23:24:52 mediaserver auto_filebot.sh[4361]: All done, running script!

Any idea why inotifywait doubles the first trigger after 12-15 seconds?

Thank you for the help

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