timeout(1)

1TIMEOUT(1)                       User Commands                      TIMEOUT(1)
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NAME

6       timeout - run a command with a time limit
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SYNOPSIS

9       timeout [OPTION] DURATION COMMAND [ARG]...
10       timeout [OPTION]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after DURATION.
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15       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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18       --preserve-status
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20              exit with the same status as COMMAND, even when the
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24       --foreground
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26              when not running timeout directly from a shell prompt,
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31       -k, --kill-after=DURATION
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35              this long after the initial signal was sent
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37       -s, --signal=SIGNAL
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39              specify the signal to be sent on timeout;
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41              SIGNAL may be a name like 'HUP' or a number; see 'kill -l' for a
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44       -v, --verbose
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47       --help display this help and exit
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52       DURATION is a floating point number with an optional  suffix:  's'  for
53       seconds  (the default), 'm' for minutes, 'h' for hours or 'd' for days.
54       A duration of 0 disables the associated timeout.
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56       Upon timeout, send the TERM signal to COMMAND, if no other SIGNAL spec‐
57       ified.   The TERM signal kills any process that does not block or catch
58       that signal.  It may be necessary to use the KILL  signal,  since  this
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61   EXIT status:
62       124    if COMMAND times out, and --preserve-status is not specified
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BUGS

76       Some platforms don't currently support timeouts beyond the year 2038.
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AUTHOR

79       Written by Padraig Brady.
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REPORTING BUGS

82       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
83       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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COPYRIGHT

86       Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
87       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
88       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
89       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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