rust-timeout(1)

Usage

timeout [{-f | --foreground}] [{-k | --kill-after}] [{-p | --preserve-status}] [{-s | --signal}] [{-v | --verbose}] [{-h | --help}] [{-V | --version}] <duration> <command>

Overview

Start `COMMAND`, and kill it if still running after `DURATION`.

Options

-f, --foreground: when not running timeout directly from a shell prompt, allow COMMAND to read from the TTY and get TTY signals; in this mode, children of COMMAND will not be timed out

-k, --kill-after: also send a KILL signal if COMMAND is still running this long after the initial signal was sent

-p, --preserve-status: exit with the same status as COMMAND, even when the command times out

-s, --signal=SIGNAL: specify the signal to be sent on timeout; SIGNAL may be a name like 'HUP' or a number; see 'kill -l' for a list of signals

-v, --verbose: diagnose to stderr any signal sent upon timeout

-h, --help: Print help

-V, --version: Print version

<duration>

<command>

Version

v0.0.30

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

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13

--foreground since Debian 13 (Trixie); --kill-after since Debian 13 (Trixie); --preserve-status since Debian 13 (Trixie); --signal since Debian 13 (Trixie); -V since Debian 13 (Trixie); -f since Debian 13 (Trixie); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie); -k since Debian 13 (Trixie); -p since Debian 13 (Trixie); -s since Debian 13 (Trixie).