Run bash command and kill it if it exceeds specific time

Question

I need to execute bash command that may take a long time, but I need to kill it if this time exceeds 5 minutes for example!

Any ideas?

Show us your code. What have you tried so far? – jonie83 Oct 17 '17 at 12:46 — jonie83, Oct 17 '17 at 12:46

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '17 at 12:45

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You can use timeout command. For example

timeout 300 some_cmd

will kill some_cmd if it's still running after 300 seconds.

answered Oct 17 '17 at 12:45

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