I can confirm that Eugene's script yields the same results in my VM as well:
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62: ./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10940 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
63: ./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10943 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
64: tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files
./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10945 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
65: tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files
./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10947 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
I can confirm that Eugene's script yields the same results in my VM as well:
...
62: ./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10940 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
63: ./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10943 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
64: tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files
./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10945 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null
65: tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling: Too many open files
./eugene_script.sh: line 11: 10947 Terminated tail -f /etc/hosts > /dev/null