How to run watch command for certain amount of time?












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I have this command,




watch -n 5 "MY Command"




This command will update every five seconds but I want it to automatically exit after 2 minutes, is there any way I can do that?









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    I have this command,




    watch -n 5 "MY Command"




    This command will update every five seconds but I want it to automatically exit after 2 minutes, is there any way I can do that?









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      I have this command,




      watch -n 5 "MY Command"




      This command will update every five seconds but I want it to automatically exit after 2 minutes, is there any way I can do that?









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      I have this command,




      watch -n 5 "MY Command"




      This command will update every five seconds but I want it to automatically exit after 2 minutes, is there any way I can do that?







      bash watch-command





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          I found this one in other forum, anyone knows any other way?



          timeout -sHUP 1m watch -n1 ./script.sh




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            I found this one in other forum, anyone knows any other way?



            timeout -sHUP 1m watch -n1 ./script.sh




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                I found this one in other forum, anyone knows any other way?



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