$ udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent KERNEL[4985.825951] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [4988.898331] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata4/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block)