# IN node-red i want to create a flow which executes a command and if that command takes more than 15 minutes to give result it should kill itself or terminate itself

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**Created:** [26 January 2024 10:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935 "2024-01-26T10:29:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![77raimanish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/4da419/32.png) [@77raimanish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/77raimanish)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 10:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/1 "2024-01-26T10:29:03Z")

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IN node-red i want to create a flow which executes a command and if that command takes more than 15 minutes to give result it should kill itself or terminate itself .

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 11:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/2 "2024-01-26T11:20:31Z")

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> [@77raimanish](#):
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> executes a command

Do you mean using and Exec node?  
If so, the Exec node has a Timeout field you can use to kill the process.

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**Author:** ![77raimanish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/4da419/32.png) [@77raimanish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/77raimanish)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 11:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/3 "2024-01-26T11:29:31Z")

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iam using that but it does not work properly, actually iam running a command to trigger spiderfoot tool scan over an ip-address or domain name .  
when i do it in terminal only way to abort it is uding ctrl+c , but when i use timeout function the scan does'not get aborted and remains in the background.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/4 "2024-01-26T11:32:38Z")

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What version of node-red and nodejs are you using (use `node -v` to get the nodejs version)?  
Please show us how you have configured the Exec node. You can paste a screenshot here.

Also look in the node-red log to see if anything is logged when it should timeout.

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**Author:** ![77raimanish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/4da419/32.png) [@77raimanish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/77raimanish)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 11:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/5 "2024-01-26T11:35:52Z")

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nodejs version is 20 and node-red v3.1.3

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 11:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/7 "2024-01-26T11:39:33Z")

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In order to make code readable and usable it is necessary to surround your code with three backticks (also known as a left quote or backquote `````)

````auto
``` 
   code goes here 
```

````

You can edit and correct your post by clicking the pencil ✏ icon.

See this post for more details - [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)

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**Author:** ![77raimanish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/4da419/32.png) [@77raimanish](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/77raimanish)\
**Post date:** [26 January 2024 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/8 "2024-01-26T11:53:58Z")

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```auto
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**Post date:** [25 April 2024 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/in-node-red-i-want-to-create-a-flow-which-executes-a-command-and-if-that-command-takes-more-than-15-minutes-to-give-result-it-should-kill-itself-or-terminate-itself/84935/9 "2024-04-25T11:54:31Z")

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