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Add tipps to the tasks of day 2

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1. Based on the output, choose an event that you want to listen to with `inotifywait` that tells you when a file is _completely_ added to the directory `jobs`. Use the manual to read more about specific events.
1. Find an option that lets you tell `inotifywait` to only notify when the choosen event occurs.
1. Find an option that lets you format the output of the notification of `inotifywait`. Since we only listen on one event and monitor only one directory, an output that shows only the name of the new file should be enough.
1. Enter the command that you have until now in a script. Now extend it by using a `while` loop that continously listens on the notifications of `inotifywait`.
1. Enter the command that you have until now in a script. Now extend it by using a `while` loop that continously listens on the notifications of `inotifywait`. Use the following snippet while replacing the sections with `(...)`:
```bash
inotifywait (...) | while read FILENAME
do
(...)
done
```
1. After a notification, the body of the `while` loop should first print the name of the script that was added. From now on, we only want to add scripts to the `jobs` directory.
1. After printing the script name, run the script!
1. Save the standard output and standard error of the script into two separate files in the `logs` directory. If the name of the script is `job.sh` for example, then the output should be in the files `logs/job.sh.out` and `logs/job.sh.err`.
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Use variables to write the script to make it more understandable.
#### Help
To save the output of a command into a variable, use you have to use the following syntax:
```bash
DATE=$(date ...)
```
Replace `...` with your code.
To read the `n`-th argument that is provided to a script you write, you have to use `$n`.
Example script called `arg.sh`:
```bash
#!/usr/bin/bash
echo "The first argument is: $1"
```
When you run this script with an argument:
```console
$ ./arg.sh "Hello"
The first argument is: Hello
```
## Task: Submit a job
Write a small scripts of your choice that require a long time to run and submit them using the script from the last task. Make sure that the scheduler is running in the background.