man timeout (Commandes) - timeout - run command with bounded time
NAME
timeout - run command with bounded time
SYNOPSIS
timeout [-signal] time command ...
DESCRIPTION
timeout executes a command and imposes an elapsed time limit. The command is run in a separate POSIX process group so that the right thing happens with commands that spawn child processes.
Arguments:
- -signal
- Specify an optional signal to send to the controlled process. By default, timeout sends SIGKILL, which cannot be caught or ignored. The signal must be provided in its numerical value.
- time
- The elapsed time limit in seconds after which the command is terminated.
- command
- The command to be executed.
DIAGNOSTICS
timeout's exit status is the exit status of the specified command or 1 in case of a usage error.
AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema This program is part of SATAN.