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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://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2011 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 8.8.12-b3c95	 January 2011			    TIMEOUT(1)
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