Re: How to run a command, gather its output and kill it after a specified time?

Maybe I'm missing the point here, but if you don't want the script to die in case the alarm triggers, maybe just remove the respective call to die?

I also recommend looking at IPC::Run, which also has timeouts.

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Re^2: How to run a command, gather its output and kill it after a specified time? by blindluke (Hermit) on Feb 15, 2012 at 14:56 UTC
I want the script (my_stubborn_shell) to be killed after the timeout (as this script does not exit gracefully), but then, when it's killed, I want to have the output that my_stubborn_shell sent to STDOUT, or an indication that it did not print anything. regards, Luke Jefferson	[reply]