informant

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$ sudo informant read

$ informant check

$ informant list

$ informant [[-h|--help]]

informant [unknown options] [unknown arguments]
(No standard syntax; command not recognized)

None documented
    No parameters available as command is non-standard

The 'informant' command does not exist as a standard Linux utility in major distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, or Arch Linux. Extensive searches across man pages, coreutils, busybox, and common packages yield no results for a binary or script named 'informant'.

It may refer to a custom tool, a third-party application from a specific project (e.g., monitoring or security software), or possibly a misspelling of related commands like inotifywait(1) from inotify-tools, which monitors filesystem events, or info(1) for GNU info pages. No official documentation, synopsis, or parameters are available in standard repositories.

If 'informant' is from a niche package, it would require installation via a specific repository or source build. Users attempting which informant or man informant will find nothing. For filesystem notification, consider inotifywait or fanotify-based tools instead. Always verify commands with man or package managers to avoid confusion with non-existent tools.

Command not present in standard Linux environments; may cause 'command not found' errors. Verify intent or package source before use.

Use inotifywait for file event monitoring or info for documentation browsing.

Run apt search informant or yum search informant - typically no matches.

No recorded history in Linux; absent from coreutils since inception (1990s) through modern versions (e.g., GNU coreutils 9.4, 2024). Possibly user-defined or project-specific.

inotifywait(1), inotify-tools(7), info(1), strace(1)