-.TH "timeout" "1" "19 Jul 2001" "netatalk 1.5pre7" "The Netatalk Project"
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-.SH "NAME"
-.LP
+.TH timeout 1 "19 Jul 2001" 2.0.0 Netatalk
+.SH NAME
timeout \- Send a signal to a program after a certain time
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-.SH "SYNTAX"
-.LP
-timeout [\-s \fIsignal\fP] \fIseconds\fP \fIprogram\fP [\fIargs\fP]
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-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.LP
-\fBtimeout\fR executes a \fIprogram\fP (with arguments \fIargs\fP) and sends a
-\fIsignal\fP to it after a certain amount of \fIseconds\fP.
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-.SH "OPTIONS"
-.LP
+.SH SYNTAX
+timeout [\-s \fIsignal\fR] \fIseconds\fR \fIprogram\fR [\fIargs\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fItimeout\fR executes a \fIprogram\fR (with arguments \fIargs\fR)
+and sends a \fIsignal\fR to it after a certain
+amount of \fIseconds\fR.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-s\fR \fIsignal\fR
+Signal to send to the spawned process. This can be a numerical
+or symbolic ID. This defaults to \fBTERM\fR.
+.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
-\fB\-s\fR \fIsignal\fP
-Signal to send to the spawned process. This can be a numerical or symbolic ID.
-This defaults to \fBTERM\fR.
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-.SH "EXAMPLES"
-.LP
-.TP
timeout 10 pap foo.ps
-Execute "pap foo.ps" and send a \fBSIGTERM\fR if \fBpap\fR doesn't return
-after 10 seconds.
-.TP
-timeout -s HUP 60 sh
+Execute "pap foo.ps" and send a SIGTERM
+if \fIpap\fR doesn't return after 10
+seconds.
+.TP
+timeout \-s HUP 60 sh
Spawn a shell and send a hangup signal after one minute.
-.TP
-timeout -s 9 10 evilprog
-Execute a program and \fBKILL\fR it if it doesn't quit after 10 seconds.
+.TP
+timeout \-s 9 10 evilprog
+Execute a program and \fIKILL\fR it
+if it doesn't quit after 10 seconds.
+