$ timeout 8 tail -f /var/log/syslog

we can specify time in seconds , minutes , hours and days

To make Preserve status returns an exit status even the process is terminated forcefully

$  timeout --preserve-status 2m ping facebook.com

Ctrl+c

$ Ctrl+c

$ echo $?

To set a signal to the command

$ timeout -s <command>

To check the available signals

$ kill -l

$ sudo timeout -s SIGKILL ping ilugc.in

To send signals by using a signal number

$ sudo timeout -s 9 ping ilugc.in

To kill the timeout command after 5 seconds if the connection is not established

$ sudo timeout -k 5 1m ping google.com 

regards,

T.Dhanasekar