Is there a command like “watch” or “inotifywait” on the Mac?

I want to watch a folder on my Mac (Snow Leopard) and then execute a script (giving it the filename of what was just moved into a folder (as a parameter… x.sh “filename”)).

I have a script all written up in bash (x.sh) that will move some files and other stuff on input $1 I just need OSX to give me the file name when new files/folders are moved/created into a dir.

Any such command?

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