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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Created By: srdusr
+# Created On: Wed 25 Oct 2023 13:45:52 CAT
+# Project: Simple script to track most recent books opened, mainly for neovim usage.
+
+# Dependencies: inotify-tools
+
+books_directory="$HOME/documents/books"
+recent_books_file="$HOME/.config/nvim/tmp/recent_books.txt"
+
+inotifywait -m -e CREATE -e OPEN -r "$books_directory" |
+    while read -r path action file; do
+        if [[ $file == *.pdf || $file == *.epub ]]; then
+            echo "$path/$file" >>"$recent_books_file"
+            # Remove duplicates and overwrite the recent_books_file
+            sort -u -o "$recent_books_file" "$recent_books_file"
+        fi
+    done