nr-xargs-timeout

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import os
import subprocess

cmd = "\" \"".join(sys.argv[2:])
cmd = '"' + cmd + '"'


timeoutSeconds = int(sys.argv[1])

for line in map(str.rstrip, sys.stdin):
  cmd = cmd[:]
  new_cmd = cmd.replace("INPUT", line)
  try:
    subprocess.check_output(new_cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, timeout=timeoutSeconds)
  except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
    print("Failed", exc.returncode)
    print(exc.output)
  except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
    print("Timed out")