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diff --git a/ruby/spawn_with_timeout.rb b/ruby/spawn_with_timeout.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'timeout'
+
+
+cmd = "for i in {1..2000000}; do echo '123456789'; done"
+pipe_in, pipe_out = IO.pipe
+pid = Process.spawn(cmd, :out => pipe_out, :err => pipe_out)
+begin
+  Timeout.timeout(1) { Process.wait pid }
+rescue Timeout::Error
+  puts 'process not finished in time, killing it'
+  Process.kill('TERM', pid)
+end
+pipe_out.close
+puts pipe_in.read
+