#!/bin/bash
emailTo=ssullivan@liquidweb.com
monitorDir=/something/to/monitor
#monitorDir=/root/newfiletest
count="0"
while [  $count -lt "10" ]; do
        for i in $monitorDir
                do
                        theLatest=`ls -At $i | awk '{ print $1 }' | head -n1`
                        echo "Latest file is : $theLatest" > /dev/null 2>&1
                        if [[ "$theLatest" = "$theLatestOrig" ]]; then
                                echo "No new file found!" > /dev/null 2>&1
                        else
                                echo "New file found!" > /dev/null 2>&1
                                echo "new file `echo $theLatest` found in `echo $monitorDir`. Contents: `cat $monitorDir/$theLatest`" | mail -s "New File `echo $theLatest` found in `echo $monitorDir`" $emailTo
                        fi
        done
        theLatestOrig=$theLatest

        sleep 3s
done