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NAME¶
timeout - run a command with a time limitSYNOPSIS¶
timeout [ OPTION] DURATION COMMAND [ARG]...DESCRIPTION¶
Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after DURATION. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.--preserve-status
- exit with the same status as COMMAND, even when the
- command times out
--foreground
- when not running timeout directly from a shell prompt,
- allow COMMAND to read from the TTY and get TTY signals; in this mode, children of COMMAND will not be timed out
-k, --kill-after=DURATION
- also send a KILL signal if COMMAND is still running
- this long after the initial signal was sent
-s, --signal=SIGNAL
- specify the signal to be sent on timeout;
- SIGNAL may be a name like 'HUP' or a number; see 'kill -l' for a list of signals
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
BUGS¶
Some platforms don't curently support timeouts beyond 2038AUTHOR¶
Written by Padraig Brady.REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.SEE ALSO¶
kill(1) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/timeout>March 2015 | GNU coreutils 8.23 |