You can use timeout command, like timeout 5 cat ... Yigal --- On Sat, 6/19/10, Dan Bar Dov <bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Dan Bar Dov <bar...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: cat command with timeout To: "Ori Idan" <o...@helicontech.co.il> Cc: "IGLU Mailing list" <linux-il@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 <o...@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 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
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