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[root@aixsrv]/root# cat test_timeout.sh
#!/bin/ksh93

DURATION="1200"   # 20 minutes

timeout() {
#    to=$1; shift
    $@ & wp=$! start=0
     while kill -0 $wp; do
        read -t 1
        start=$((start+1))
        if [ $start -ge $DURATION ]; then
            kill -9 $wp && echo "Process killed after $DURATION seconds" && break
        fi
    done
}

timeout $@