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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T15:05:02+00:00 2026-06-11T15:05:02+00:00

coreutils timeout and other timeout script i searched, they apply for a CDM but

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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  

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    2026-06-11T15:05:03+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    You can pass the spawning of a subshell to timeout, and have the subshell run the code that needs to be timed out:

    #!/bin/bash
    timeout 5 bash -c "ping google.com -c 2; ping yahoo.com -c 10"
    

    If you clarify what you need exactly there may be cleaner ways to achieve this.

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