#!/usr/bin/env python import argparse import subprocess import sys parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('duration', type=int) parser.add_argument('command', nargs='+') args = parser.parse_args() try: p = subprocess.run( ' '.join(args.command), shell=True, timeout=args.duration, check=False, ) sys.exit(p.returncode) except subprocess.TimeoutExpired: sys.exit(124)