Bash script that waits for a file in a directory and processes it then zips

file_listener.sh

#!/bin/bash

TARGET=/<input_directory>
OUTPUT=/<output_directory>/

inotifywait -m -e create -e moved_to --format "%f" $TARGET \
        | while read FILENAME
                do
                        echo Detected $FILENAME, processing
                        # any instruction on the file here
                        mv "$TARGET/$FILENAME" "$PROCESSED/$FILENAME"
                        gzip "$OUTPUT/$FILENAME"
                done
                
 
 
# Requires inotify-tools and gzip
# sudo apt install inotify-tools gzip