TIMEOUT(1) TIMEOUT(1) (NAME) timeout - (SYNOPSIS) timeout [] _ []... timeout [] (DESCRIPTION) _ . . -f, --foreground timeout TTY TTY . -k, --kill-after=DURATION KILL . -p, --preserve-status . -s, --signal=SIGNAL SIGNAL HUP 'kill -l' . -v, --verbose (stderr) --help --version DURATION : s () m h d . 0 . SIGNAL TERM . TERM . KILL . (Exit status) 124 --preserve-status 125 timeout 126 127 137 ( timeout) KILL (9) (128+9) - (BUGS) . (AUTHOR) Padraig Brady. (REPORTING BUGS) GNU coreutils: : (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GPLv3+: GPL . : . . (SEE ALSO) kill(1) : info '(coreutils) timeout invocation' GNU coreutils 9.7 June 2025 TIMEOUT(1)