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local sFileList

on mouseUp
   --first set up which directory to monitor
   --secondly get an initial list of files in it 
   --and thirdly, start running comparisons
   answer folder "Select a folder to monitor"
   if it is empty then exit mouseUp
   set the directory to it
   put the files into sFileList
   send checkFiles to me in 2 secs
end mouseUp

on checkFiles
   if the files is not sFileList then
      --here you can have code that compares 'the files' with sFileList
      --line-by-line to find out which file has changed - you can then
      --do whatever it is you want to do with this information...
      answer "Something has changed!"
      put the files into sFileList
   end if
   send checkFiles to me in 2 secs
end checkFiles

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on mouseUp
   put shell("powershell.exe get-process")
end mouseUp

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on mouseUp   
  put "C:\handle.exe -p winword.exe" into  commandstring
  put shell(commandstring)
end mouseUp