NAME

       inputkill - run a command until standard input is closed

SYNOPSIS

       inputkill [options] <command> [arguments ...]

DESCRIPTION

       inputkill  runs  a  given command until standard input is closed.  inputkill passes on all
       file descriptors except for standard input; command is given no standard input.

       inputkill is useful for promptly exiting a program ran via  ssh  when  the  connection  is
       closed.  For  example,  ssh host inputkill sleep 60 runs the command sleep on the computer
       named host until either sixty seconds elapse or the ssh connection is terminated.

       The argument "--" disables argument parsing for all proceeding arguments; e.g.  "inputkill
       ls -l" will pass "-l" to inputkill and run "ls", whereas "inputkill -- ls -l" will run "ls
       -l".

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
              Display version information.

       -?, --help
              Display a summary of command line options.

SEE ALSO

       ssh(1), rsh(1)

       inputkill is part of mswatch(1); mswatch website: http://mswatch.sf.net/

AUTHOR

       Written by Chris Frost <chris@frostnet.net>.

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