Putting a time out on a command - making sure it doesn't run to long 2

[Larshg]

I want to put a time out on a command or a script.

it I run a command an it takes more the 30 sec. then it should be killede/stop

This option is ment for a print of the output from a command, and if the command takes more then X sec it should stop, and maby echo "the command timed out"

Thanks

/Lars

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:
1) Called script:

[ "$timeout" ] && {
  [ $timeout -lt 2 ] && timeout=2
  (sleep $timeout; kill -15 $$; echo "Time out") &
}
#your command here
[ "$timeout" ] && exec kill $! >/dev/null 2>&1

2) Calling script:

timeout=30 yourcalledscript arglist

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[azimuth0]

Sweet. Also, if you're going to be passing arguments to this script, remember to use $@ to pass the script arguments to your program.

Like if your program is grep,

grep $@

where your command is.

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