May be you actually want a "hotfolder".

On Linux (which i don't have anymore) there is File::Hotfolder.

Here is a sketch written in a hurry and not thoroughly tested for the Mac using Mac::FSEvents:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dump;
use Mac::FSEvents;
use IO::Select;
use feature qw(say);

my $dir = q(/Users/karl/Desktop/somewhere;

my $fs = Mac::FSEvents->new(
    path        => $dir,
    file_events => 1,
);

my $fh = $fs->watch;

my $select = IO::Select->new($fh);

while ( $select->can_read ) {
    my @events = $fs->read_events;
    # dd \@events;
    for my $event (@events) {
        say $event->path;
        say for ( stat( $event->path ) )[ 7, 9 ];
    }
}

__END__

[download]

With File::Hotfolder something similar should be possible.

Best regards, Karl

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In reply to Re: Monitor new file by karlgoethebier
in thread Monitor new file by colox

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