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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'timeout'
+
+
+puts 'starting process'
+pid = Process.spawn('sleep 20')
+begin
+  Timeout.timeout(5) do
+    puts 'waiting for the process to end'
+    Process.wait(pid)
+    puts 'process finished in time'
+  end
+rescue Timeout::Error
+  puts 'process not finished in time, killing it'
+  Process.kill('TERM', pid)
+end
+