udevmonitor prints the received event from the kernel [UEVENT] and the event which udev sends out after rule processing [UDEV] UEVENT[1147286890.618539] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2621 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb UEVENT[1147286890.618641] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2622 PHYSDEVBUS=usb DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/004/004 PRODUCT=13fe/1a21/100 TYPE=0/0/0 INTERFACE=8/6/80 MODALIAS=usb:v13FEp1A21d0100dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50 UEVENT[1147286890.618662] add@/class/scsi_host/host2 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/scsi_host/host2 SUBSYSTEM=scsi_host SEQNUM=2623 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2 UEVENT[1147286890.618679] add@/class/usb_device/usbdev4.4 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/usb_device/usbdev4.4 SUBSYSTEM=usb_device SEQNUM=2624 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb MAJOR=189 MINOR=387 UDEV [1147286890.647577] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2621 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1147286890.756324] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0 SUBSYSTEM=usb SEQNUM=2622 PHYSDEVBUS=usb DEVICE=/proc/bus/usb/004/004 PRODUCT=13fe/1a21/100 TYPE=0/0/0 INTERFACE=8/6/80 MODALIAS=usb:v13FEp1A21d0100dc00dsc00dp00ic08isc06ip50 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1147286890.783511] add@/class/scsi_host/host2 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/scsi_host/host2 SUBSYSTEM=scsi_host SEQNUM=2623 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2 UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1147286890.866541] add@/class/usb_device/usbdev4.4 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/class/usb_device/usbdev4.4 SUBSYSTEM=usb_device SEQNUM=2624 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3 PHYSDEVBUS=usb PHYSDEVDRIVER=usb MAJOR=189 MINOR=387 UDEVD_EVENT=1 USB_BUS=004 USB_DEV=004 DEVNAME=/dev/bus/usb/004/004 UEVENT[1147286895.617942] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 SUBSYSTEM=scsi SEQNUM=2625 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi UEVENT[1147286895.808372] add@/block/sda ACTION=add DEVPATH=/block/sda SUBSYSTEM=block SEQNUM=2626 MINOR=0 MAJOR=8 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi PHYSDEVDRIVER=sd UDEV [1147286898.899495] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 SUBSYSTEM=scsi SEQNUM=2625 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi UDEVD_EVENT=1 UDEV [1147286898.984374] add@/block/sda UDEV_LOG=3 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/block/sda SUBSYSTEM=block SEQNUM=2626 MINOR=0 MAJOR=8 PHYSDEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-3/4-3:1.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0 PHYSDEVBUS=scsi PHYSDEVDRIVER=sd UDEVD_EVENT=1 DEVNAME=/dev/sda