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timeout 10s echo "foo bar" # foo bar but this wouldn't
function echoFooBar { echo "foo bar" } echoFooBar # foo bar timeout 10s echoFooBar # timeout: failed to run command `echoFooBar': No such file or directory and how can I make it work?
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timeout is a command-line utility that runs a specified command and terminates it if it is still running after a given period of time. In other words, timeout allows you to run a command with a time limit.
/bin/sleep is Linux or Unix command to delay for a specified amount of time. You can suspend the calling shell script for a specified time. For example, pause for 10 seconds or stop execution for 2 mintues. In other words, the sleep command pauses the execution on the next shell command for a given time.
How to Use the Bash Sleep Command. Sleep is a very versatile command with a very simple syntax. It is as easy as typing sleep N . This will pause your script for N seconds, with N being either a positive integer or a floating point number.
Run Linux Commands Using the timeout Tool Its syntax is as follows. To use the command, you specify a timeout value (in seconds) with the command you want to run. For instance, to timeout a ping command after 5 seconds, you can run the following command. You do not have to specify the (s) after number 5.
As Douglas Leeder said you need a separate process for timeout to signal to. Workaround by exporting function to subshells and running subshell manually.
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