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# kilt -- Stop processes in a timely manner
This application kills the provided process after a given time.
## Usage
The time is set in seconds followed by the binary which will be executed and killed after time range has been exceeded.
Examples:
```sh
kilt timer 90 tail -f /var/log/syslog
kilt timer 30 yes
kilt timer 10 watch lscpu
```
## Installation
Use the `Makefile` provided to build, install or clean the application.
```sh
Makefile for kilt
Usage:
make build - Build the application
make install - Install the application
make clean - Remove build artifacts
make - Default target (build)
```