How to find if there are new files in a directory every 2 minutes in shell script?

Question

I have a directory called /home/user/local. Every two minutes or so, a new file is dumped into this directory. I need to check this directory every 2 minutes to see

Answer 1

inotifywait is exactly what you are looking for: http://linux.die.net/man/1/inotifywait