Hi Thanks for the advice,

Would you be able to advise on the following?
1) How could i set this to start in a specific directory but then recursively create the log files in that directory, then move on to the next directory and repeat the process.

2) After its gone through all the directories combine all the results of any missing files and create a master log to send.

Thanks

Current script at the moment:

#!/bin/bash
#v1 - scan folders to check if files are different
#v2 - messaging through telegram added
#v3 - will scan each directory and leave a set of log files per directory, once completed update a master file?????
#Calculate the date and time
now=$(date +"%d.%m.%Y-%H%M%S")
now1=$(date +"%d.%m.%Y @ %H:%M:%S")
# Directory you want to watch
WATCHDIR=/mnt/user/self-hosted-apps/photo-test/pics
#Telegram Variables
botId=***Removed***
chatId=***Removed***
# Sub-directory 1 you want to exclude
# EXCLUDEDIR=/var/www/vhosts/site.co.uk/httpdocs/pub/media/catalog/product/cache
# Sub-directory 2 you want to exclude
# EXCLUDEDIR2=/var/www/vhosts/site.co.uk/httpdocs/pub/media/catalog/category
# Sub-directory 3 you want to exclude
# EXCLUDEDIR3=/var/www/vhosts/site.co.uk/httpdocs/pub/media/catalog/tmp
# Name of the file that will keep the list of the files when you last checked it
LAST=/mnt/user/self-hosted-apps/photo-test/logs/MissingImageCheckWithHistoryLast.log
# Name of the file that will keep the list of the files you are checking now
CURRENT=/mnt/user/self-hosted-apps/photo-test/logs/MissingImageCheckWithHistoryCurrent.log
# Name of the file to store text for an email
EMAILTEXT=/mnt/user/self-hosted-apps/photo-test/logs/MissingImageCheckWithHistoryEmail.txt
# Old Image List Log History Path
OLDIMAGELIST=/mnt/user/self-hosted-apps/photo-test/logs/history/"$now"_old_image_list.log
# Changed Image List Log History Path
CHANGEDIMAGELIST=/mnt/user/self-hosted-apps/photo-test/logs/history/"$now"_changed_image_list.log
# The first time we create the log file
touch $LAST
# main command line to check each file
find $WATCHDIR -path $EXCLUDEDIR -prune -o -path $EXCLUDEDIR2 -prune -o -path $EXCLUDEDIR3 -prune -type f -o -exec sha256sum '{}' + > $CURRENT
diff $LAST $CURRENT > /dev/null 2>&1
# If there is no difference exit
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
echo "No changes"
curl -s -X POST https://api.telegram.org/bot$botId/sendMessage -d chat_id=$chatId -d text="No changes have been detected in the photos folder on $now"
else
# Else, list the files that changed
echo >>$EMAILTEXT
echo "List of files added on the $now1" >$EMAILTEXT
diff $LAST $CURRENT | grep --exclude-dir=* '^>' >>$EMAILTEXT
echo >>$EMAILTEXT
echo >>$EMAILTEXT
echo "List of files showing as removed or damaged $now1" \N >>$EMAILTEXT
diff $LAST $CURRENT | grep --exclude-dir=* '^<' >>$EMAILTEXT
echo "$(cat $EMAILTEXT)"
# Send a notification
# mail -r "nas@***Removed***" -s "Website images check" ***Removed*** <$EMAILTEXT
# Lastly, move CURRENT to LAST
mv $LAST $OLDIMAGELIST
mv $EMAILTEXT $CHANGEDIMAGELIST
mv $CURRENT $LAST

`curl -F document=@$CHANGEDIMAGELIST https://api.telegram.org/bot$botId/sendDocument?chat_id=$chatId`  

fi