cat command with timeout

[Yigal Asnis]

You can use timeout command, like
timeout 5 cat ...
Yigal

--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Dan Bar Dov <bardov at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Dan Bar Dov <bardov at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: cat command with timeout
To: "Ori Idan" <ori at helicontech.co.il>
Cc: "IGLU Mailing list" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 11:03 PM

Years ago I needed a cat with a timeout argument.I modified the cat code. It was very easy (if I remember correctly less than one hour of work).
Sadly, I don't have the code.

Good luck.Dan

2010/6/10 Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>

I have to read lines from serial port, I thought to read them using 'cat' 
however, since the other unit connected to the serial port, might malfunction and not send anything, I need a timeout to stop reading after few seconds.




Does someone know of an alternative to cat with timeout?

-- 
Ori Idan
 




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