TIMEOUT(1)					       TIMEOUT(1)


NAME
       timeout - run command with bounded time

SYNOPSIS
       timeout [-signal] time command ...

DESCRIPTION
       timeout	executes  a  command  and imposes an elapsed time
       limit.  The command is run in  a	 separate  POSIX  process
       group  so  that the right thing happens with commands that
       spawn child processes.

       Arguments:

       -signal
	      Specify an optional signal  to  send  to	the  con-
	      trolled	process.    By	 default,  timeout  sends
	      SIGKILL, which cannot be caught or ignored.

       time   The elapsed time limit after which the  command  is
	      terminated.

       command
	      The command to be executed.

DIAGNOSTICS
       The  command exit status is the exit status of the command
       (status 1 in case of a usage error).

AUTHOR(S)
       Wietse Venema
       This program is part of SATAN.



