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		khc 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TIL: timeout in Bash scripts I've written something 13 years ago using `read -t` https://github.com/kahing/bin/blob/master/timeout.sh

robinhouston 7 months ago [–]

Wow, that's a cool trick. So it _can_ be done using only builtins! Thanks for sharing.

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