Is there an alternative for the timeout command on Mac OSx. The basic requirement is I am able to run a command for a specified amount of time.
e.g:
timeout 10 ping google.com
This program runs ping for 10s on Linux.
Answer
You can use
brew install coreutils
And then whenever you need timeout, use
gtimeout
..instead. To explain why here's a snippet from the Homebrew Caveats section:
Caveats
All commands have been installed with the prefix 'g'.
If you really need to use these commands with their normal names, you can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH from your bashrc like:
PATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"Additionally, you can access their man pages with normal names if you add the "gnuman" directory to your MANPATH from your bashrc as well:
MANPATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH"