NAME
timeout - run a command with a time limit
SYNOPSIS
timeout [OPTION] DURATION COMMAND [ARG]...
timeout [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after DURATION.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
-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
DURATION is an integer with an optional suffix: ‘s’ for seconds(the
default), ‘m’ for minutes, ‘h’ for hours or ‘d’ for days.
If the command times out, then exit with status 124. Otherwise, exit
with the status of COMMAND. If no signal is specified, send the TERM
signal upon timeout. The TERM signal kills any process that does not
block or catch that signal. For other processes, it may be necessary
to use the KILL (9) signal, since this signal cannot be caught.
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/>
Report timeout translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 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
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'
should give you access to the complete manual.