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.TH TIMEOUT "1" "March 2015" "GNU coreutils 8.23" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
timeout \- run a command with a time limit
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B timeout
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIDURATION COMMAND \fR[\fIARG\fR]...
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.B timeout
[\fIOPTION\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after DURATION.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.HP
\fB\-\-preserve\-status\fR
.IP
exit with the same status as COMMAND, even when the
.IP
command times out
.HP
\fB\-\-foreground\fR
.IP
when not running timeout directly from a shell prompt,
.IP
allow COMMAND to read from the TTY and get TTY signals;
in this mode, children of COMMAND will not be timed out
.HP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kill\-after\fR=\fIDURATION\fR
.IP
also send a KILL signal if COMMAND is still running
.IP
this long after the initial signal was sent
.HP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-signal\fR=\fISIGNAL\fR
.IP
specify the signal to be sent on timeout;
.IP
SIGNAL may be a name like 'HUP' or a number;
see 'kill \fB\-l\fR' for a list of signals
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
DURATION is a floating point number with an optional suffix:
\&'s' for seconds (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.
.PP
If the command times out, and \fB\-\-preserve\-status\fR is not set, then exit with
status 124.  Otherwise, exit with the status of COMMAND.  If no signal
is specified, send the TERM signal upon timeout.  The TERM signal kills
any process that does not block or catch that signal.  It may be necessary
to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught, in which
case the exit status is 128+9 rather than 124.
.SH BUGS
Some platforms don't curently support timeouts beyond 2038
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Padraig Brady.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Report timeout translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
kill(1)
.PP
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Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/timeout>
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or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) timeout invocation\(aq