NAME
timeout - run a command with a time limit
SYNOPSIS
timeout [OPTION] NUMBER[SUFFIX] COMMAND [ARG]... timeout [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after NUMBER seconds. SUFFIX may be s for seconds (the default), m for minutes, h for hours or d for days.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-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.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
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' | |