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coreutils timeout and other timeout script i searched, they apply for a CDM
but i’d like to apply timeout for a linux script, if not finished for a period. like:
cd XXX && CMD && sleep 3 && kill -0 XX
How to do it?
You can pass the spawning of a subshell to timeout, and have the subshell run the code that needs to be timed out:
If you clarify what you need exactly there may be cleaner ways to achieve this.