Can a timeout be specified in a shell script?


 
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Old 06-14-2006
Can a timeout be specified in a shell script?

Hi,
I have to develop a shell script which exits after <n> minutes. For e.g. The user is taking too much time to enter an input, and the script will terminate after 10 minutes pass by.

Is this possible ?

Thanks,
Puneet
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Old 06-14-2006
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Old 06-14-2006
i tried the following:
read -t10 lcl_var

it fails with error: bad options
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Old 06-14-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by puneetarora_12
i tried the following:
read -t10 lcl_var

it fails with error: bad options
From ksh read timeout jim says

"This works in the newer versions of the Korn shell like Korn93. Otherwise, Perderabo has posted examples of timing out a read by using coprocesses. Search the form on read timeout. "

Try using bash.
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