TIMEOUT(1)

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.

time
    The elapsed time limit after which the command is terminated.

command
    The command to be executed.

DIAGNOSTICS
The command exit status is the exit status of the command (status 1 in case of a usage error).

AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema
This program is part of SATAN.