---
name: "timelimit.netpipes"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netpipes"
version: "4.2-8+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/timelimit.netpipes"
---

# timelimit.netpipes(1)

limit execution time of foreground tasks netpipes 4.2

## NAME

timelimit.netpipes - limit execution time of foreground tasks

netpipes 4.2

## SYNOPSIS

**timelimit.netpipes** \[ **-v** \] \[ **-nokill** \] *time* *command args*

## DESCRIPTION

**timelimit.netpipes** is used to limit the amount of foreground wallclock time a process consumes.  Once the time limit expires, **timelimit.netpipes** will kill the process, unless **-nokill** had been specified.

**-v** adds some diagnostic messages.

## EXAMPLES

```
remote$  timelimit.netpipes 5m faucet 3000 --out cat time-sensitive-info
```

## SEE ALSO

[**netpipes**(1)](/netpipes/1.md)

## BUGS

Find 'em.  Send 'em in.  I'll teach them to gnaw on my code!

## CREDITS

Francis Liu \<fxl@pulse.itd.uts.edu.au\> suggested that I modify timelimit so that it doesn't SEGV when invoked with no arguments.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997-1998 Robert Forsman

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

## AUTHOR

Robert Forsman\
  thoth@purplefrog.com\
  Purple Frog Software\
  http://web.purplefrog.com/~thoth/