timeout(1) [redhat man page]

timeout(1)						       The Netatalk Project							timeout(1)

NAME

       timeout - Send a signal to a program after a certain time

SYNTAX

       timeout [-s signal] seconds program [args]

DESCRIPTION

       timeout executes a program (with arguments args) and sends a signal to it after a certain amount of seconds.

OPTIONS

       -s signal
	      Signal to send to the spawned process. This can be a numerical or symbolic ID.  This defaults to TERM.

EXAMPLES

       timeout 10 pap foo.ps
	      Execute "pap foo.ps" and send a SIGTERM if pap doesn't return after 10 seconds.

       timeout -s HUP 60 sh
	      Spawn a shell and send a hangup signal after one minute.

       timeout -s 9 10 evilprog
	      Execute a program and KILL it if it doesn't quit after 10 seconds.

netatalk 1.5pre7						    19 Jul 2001 							timeout(1)

TIMEOUT(1)							   User Commands							TIMEOUT(1)

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 (C) 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.

GNU coreutils 8.5						   February 2011							TIMEOUT(1)