timeout (GNU coreutils) 8.23 - Controls Keys Not Working

[Tarkowski Michael (FCA)]

Hello,

 

I’m using the timeout (GNU coreutils) 8.23 command on RedHat 6.5 Enterprise server, and it is performing the timeout as planned.

 

In my scenario, the timeout command allows me to tail a log on my Putty screen for 2 minutes.  Here is the command.

 

./startup.sh ; timeout 120 tail -f ${LOG_HOME}/tomcat/instance1/catalina.out

 

 

Issue – while the log is being tailed on my Putty screen I cannot use my control keys.  For example, control+c does not cancel the log tail.

 

Note – on my other RedHat 6.5 Enterprise  servers this is not an issue but I’m using timeout (GNU coreutils) 8.4 instead of version 23.

 

Any suggestions on how to get the control+c to work would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Regards,

 

Michael Tarkowski

Sales & Marketing Application Architecture

FCA US LLC

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