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# Plain — kill after 30 seconds
timeout 30s curl -s https://slow.api/data

# Force kill after grace period (default sends SIGTERM, then SIGKILL after 10s)
timeout --kill-after=10s 30s ./long-running-job.sh

# Distinguish timeout from other failures
if ! timeout 5s ping -c 100 example.com; then
    rc=$?
    if [[ $rc -eq 124 ]]; then
        echo "Timed out" >&2
    else
        echo "Failed with exit code $rc" >&2
    fi
fi