NAME¶
inputkill - run a command until standard input is closed
SYNOPSIS¶
inputkill [
options] <
command> [
arguments ...]
DESCRIPTION¶
inputkill runs a given command until standard input is closed.
inputkill passes on all file descriptors except for standard input;
command is given no standard input.
inputkill is useful for promptly exiting a program ran via ssh when the
connection is closed. For example,
ssh host inputkill sleep 60
runs the command
sleep on the computer named
host until either
sixty seconds elapse or the ssh connection is terminated.
The argument "--" disables argument parsing for all proceeding
arguments; e.g. "inputkill ls -l" will pass "-l" to
inputkill and run "ls", whereas "inputkill -- ls -l" will
run "ls -l".
OPTIONS¶
- -V, --version
- Display version information.
- -?, --help
- Display a summary of command line options.
SEE ALSO¶
ssh(1),
rsh(1)
inputkill is part of
mswatch(1); mswatch website:
http://mswatch.sf.net/
AUTHOR¶
Written by Chris Frost <chris@frostnet.net>.