tldr/pages/common/timeout.md

13 lines
322 B
Markdown
Raw Normal View History

2017-10-04 21:28:37 +01:00
# timeout
> Run a command with a time limit.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/timeout>.
2017-10-04 21:28:37 +01:00
- Run `sleep 10` and terminate it after 3 seconds:
2017-10-04 21:28:37 +01:00
`timeout 3s sleep 10`
2017-10-04 21:28:37 +01:00
- Send a signal to the command after the time limit expires (SIGTERM by default):
2017-10-04 21:28:37 +01:00
`timeout --signal {{INT}} {{5s}} {{sleep 10}}`