Linux timeout Command

What is Linux timeout Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use timeout command in Linux. timeout command is timeout - run a command with a time limit ## timeout Syntax timeout [OPTION] DURATION COMMAND [ARG]... timeout [OPTION] ## timeout Examples ## timeout Command Manual / Help We can use man and info command to see the manual page of timeout command. timeout command also have --help option to show list of options. To open man page for timeout command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q. man timeout To open info page for timeout command we can use command below. info timeout To open help page from timeout command we can run command below. timeout --help ## Linux timeout Command Source Code You can find timeout command source code from the folowing repositories:

• • timeout source code on GitHub
• • timeout source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• • timeout source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below: _ Linux w Command _ Linux id Command * Linux who Command ## Summary In this tutorial we learn how to use timeout in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.#