#!/bin/sh inotifywait -q -m --format '%f' -e create /run/qemu-server/ | while read -r vm; do # Only act if the line is not empty if [ ${vm} ] && [ "$(echo ${vm} | sed -E 's/[0-9]{3}(\..*)/\1/')" = ".qmp" ]; then # The sed transforms 100.pid (or .whatever) to 100 creationRoutesVM $(echo ${vm} | sed -E 's/([0-9]{3})\..*/\1/') fi done