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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.--foreground
- When not running timeout directly from a shell prompt, allow COMMAND to read from the TTY and receive 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
AUTHOR¶
Written by Padraig Brady.REPORTING BUGS¶
Report timeout bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.orgCOPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.SEE ALSO¶
kill(1) The full documentation for timeout is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and timeout programs are properly installed at your site, the command- info coreutils 'timeout invocation'
September 2011 | GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb |