What is a simple way to let a command run for 5 minutes?

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00:33 Accepted answer (Score 68)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1045239/...

Answer 2 links:
[1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/co...
[2]: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide...
[1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/co...
[3]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/068
[$$]: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/internalvar...
[1]: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/co...
[2]: http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide...
[3]: http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/068

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