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Execute a command with a timeout

A timeout is great, but what if the command is taking longer than expected because it's hung up or ran into some other problem? That's where the -k option comes in. Run "some_command" and timeout after 30s. If the command is still running after 1 minute, it will receive a kill signal.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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timeout -k 1m 30s some_command

tlemerond · 2012-03-27 18:06:18 0

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