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] NUMBER[SUFFIX] COMMAND [ARG]...
10       timeout [OPTION]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after NUMBER seconds.  SUF‐
14       FIX may be `s' for seconds (the default),  `m'  for  minutes,  `h'  for
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17       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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20       -s, --signal=SIGNAL
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22              specify the signal to be sent on timeout.  SIGNAL may be a  name
23              like `HUP' or a number.  See `kill -l` for a list of signals
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25       --help
26              display this help and exit
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28       --version
29              output version information and exit
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31       If  the  command times out, then exit with status 124.  Otherwise, exit
32       with the status of COMMAND.  If no signal is specified, send  the  TERM
33       signal  upon  timeout.  The TERM signal kills any process that does not
34       block or catch that signal.  For other processes, it may  be  necessary
35       to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.
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AUTHOR

38       Written by Padraig Brady.
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REPORTING BUGS

41       Report timeout bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
42       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
43       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
44       Report    timeout    translation    bugs   to   <http://translationpro‐
45       ject.org/team/>
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48       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
49       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
50       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
51       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

54       kill(1)
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56       The full documentation for timeout is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
57       If  the  info and timeout programs are properly installed at your site,
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66GNU coreutils 8.4                  June 2018                        TIMEOUT(1)
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