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Sometimes there is need of timing out a program and killing it, if it takes more than specified time to execute. To achieve this there is a command '<tt>timeout</tt>' with following syntax: | Sometimes there is need of timing out a program and killing it, if it takes more than specified time to execute. To achieve this there is a command '<tt>timeout</tt>' with following syntax: | ||
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Home > CentOS > CentOS 6.x > Server administration tips and tricks > Stop a program if it takes more than given time to execute
Sometimes there is need of timing out a program and killing it, if it takes more than specified time to execute. To achieve this there is a command 'timeout' with following syntax:
timeout <time><unit> <command>
For example
timeout 5s sleep 10
would terminate the sleep program after 5 seconds.
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